by Orna Ross | May 11, 2014 | The Rest |
Mrs Dalloway contemplates the dinner party she will throw later: “But to go deeper, beneath what people said (and these judgements, how superficial, how fragmentary they are!) in her own mind now, what did it mean to her, this thing she called life? “Oh,...
by Orna Ross | May 5, 2014 | Poetry |
Another video, this time reading two poems — “Halo” & “Long Light” — at The Alliance of Independent Authors's Indie Author Fringe Fest. See below for the text of the poems. HALO My brother, Conor, used them as they should be used,...
by Orna Ross | Apr 28, 2014 | The Rest |
“Everyone in Publishing Lives On Author Generated Income.” Here's a video of me, indie author Hugh Howey and Director of Author & Publisher relations at Amazon, Jon Fine talking publishing and self-publishing at The Digital Minds Conference at The London...
by Orna Ross | Apr 19, 2014 | Fiction |
Late in 1888, young Willie Yeats finished his first major book, The Wanderings of Oisin (a Gaelic name, pronounced “Usheen”), at the age of 22. The challenge then, as now, was to get it published and into the hands of readers. He had a publisher in mind...
by Orna Ross | Apr 11, 2014 | Go Creative! |
What a week! The London Book Fair ended yesterday and it was, in the words of my old neighbour's daughter, whenever she's seeking her highest praise for an exciting experience, “off the wall mental”. During the fair, I found myself: * On Monday...
by Orna Ross | Apr 9, 2014 | Go Creative! |
Copy of my speech at the Open Up To Indie Authors launch at The London Book Fair The guidebook we’ve gathered here today to launch is part of The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi)’s Open Up To Indie Authors campaign (found on Twitter with the hashtag...
by Orna Ross | Apr 4, 2014 | Go Creative! |
Join me and Director of Self-Publishing and Author Relations at Kobo Writing Life, Mark Lefebvre, as we discuss plans to launch The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi)'s “Open Up To Indie Authors” campaign at The London Book Fair & beyond. This global...
by Orna Ross | Apr 2, 2014 | The Rest |
We all have a con-mind (conventional, conceptual, conservative) and we all have a creative mind and, once we have learned how, we can switch from one to the other by choice. Becoming more creative is about choosing to take our attention away from con-mind’s goings and...