by Orna Ross | Jul 12, 2015 | Fiction
The Secret Rose Hall of Fame I want to thank the wonderful people who supported my crowdfunder project to make, publicise and distribute my special commemorative two-in-one book, in replica of WB Yeats 1897 first edition of The Secret Rose. Friends and patrons, I am...
by Orna Ross | Jul 6, 2015 | The Rest |
On Yeats day 2015, I travelled to Dublin to collect a first edition copy of WB Yeat's short story collection, The Secret Rose, from the lovely Tanya Collie of Broadford books. This first edition was purchased by a Mr Danny O'Sullivan as part of my crowdfunder...
by Orna Ross | Jul 4, 2015 | Go Creative!
“I am what is called on the Internet a “superfan,” of WB Yeats and one of the things I most love and admire about this poet and teller of tales is the care he took with his books, not just in their writing —- he was an avid reviser and improver -—but in...
by Orna Ross | Jun 27, 2015 | Poetry |
Up beside yon ancient castle, where a knight stands in the hall. crumbling bricks square off a garden, the old chapel, under pall. Crooked graves all moss and lichen, brambled weeds now gate its wall. While the knight, once thought a warden, armour empty, holds the...
by Orna Ross | Jun 5, 2015 | The Rest |
There's a ripe crop of news from the Alliance of Independent Authors over at the ALLi self-publishing blog- take your pick from what's happening in indie world.
by Orna Ross | May 31, 2015 | Fiction |
Thank you to all who supported my Crowdfunder. With your help, I made it! 103% funded as I write, on the last day, with funds still coming in. I'm overwhelmed and so very grateful for your support — and now really looking forward to making this very special...
by Orna Ross | May 22, 2015 | The Rest |
Read up on all of the news this week for self-publishing authors over at the Alliance of Independent Authors.
by Orna Ross | May 18, 2015 | The Rest |
Ours is the creative age. A recent study by IBM shows the number one characteristic employers now look for in future employees is creativity. But its application is much wider than work. Learning how to recognise, understand and harness our creative capacities is...
by Orna Ross | May 15, 2015 | Fiction |
Here are five reasons to support Secret Rose, my crowdfunding project. 1) You'll be reviving WB Yeats as a writer of fiction. These stories have been neglected and underestimated by the critics. In the introduction to the book, I explain why these dramatic stories of...
by Orna Ross | May 4, 2015 | The Rest |
“I placed a packing-case chair by the open window, and dipped through a volume of poetry, and anthology of English ballads, that had been marked at ninepence on an open bookstall in the Charing Cross Road. “But I did not read much. The sweet summer air,...