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...
by Orna Ross | Mar 6, 2014 | The Rest |
He just woke himself calling her name, all his life looking for what never came. Passing right past her, then, and again. And now it's all over. And now still the same. ~~~~
by Orna Ross | Feb 13, 2014 | The Rest |
Please join me in mourning the death by execution of Hashem Shabaani in Iran. A high-school teacher of Arabic language and literature, a poet in Arabic and Persian, a pacifist-activist who promoted Arabic culture and literature in Iran, a carer to his ill father, and...
by Orna Ross | Feb 10, 2014 | The Rest |
“The inferno of the living is not something that will be; if there is one, it is what is already here, the inferno where we live every day, that we form by being together. There are two ways to escape suffering it. The first is easy for many: accept the inferno and...
by Orna Ross | Feb 3, 2014 | Fiction |
The wonderful Jane Dixon-Smith has just delivered the covers for the Yeats-Gonne trilogy, Between The Words, and yes, I'm a tad excited! Jane's done a wonderful job as always. These novels have been a long time in the writing. WB Yeats was 23-years-old when Maud...