by Orna Ross | Sep 23, 2020 | Fiction |
Do you love fiction? Would you like to help shape my next novel, In the Hour? I now post short fiction posts on Facebook most days–snippets of scenes or dialogue or setting from my next novel, IN THE HOUR, together with some behind-the-book posts. I then flesh...
by Orna Ross | Sep 18, 2020 | Fiction |
I recently learned the most marvelous story planning technique from fiction writer and teacher Linda Cracknell—using haiku to outline/plan your story. She uses it for the short story but I’ve now adopted it for chapter plans—one haiku per chapter to release its heart...
by Orna Ross | Aug 2, 2020 | Poetry |
It's time to release my exclusive poem for patrons this month: “The Deer’s Cry”. This is another one of the reworked ancient Irish poems I’ve been working on, this one adapted from the poem of that name found in Kuno Meyer’s Selections from Ancient Irish Poetry....
by Orna Ross | Jul 1, 2020 | Poetry |
It's time to release this month's exclusive poem for Patrons: Doing Dreams I hope you enjoy it. Till next time, may your life be filled with poetry! xOrna Doing Dreams This is the season of your pain. We watch, helpless to help as you’re taken, and thrust through...
by Orna Ross | Feb 28, 2020 | Fiction |
Maud and Iseult Gonne are living in Normandy, taking refuge from the war in Paris, when they hear that John MacBride, Maud's husband, has been executed. This leaves Maud frantic to get back to Ireland. She dispatches Iseult to London, to fetch their friend, the poet...