by Orna Ross | May 21, 2021 | Fiction |
Willie Yeats was not the only poet to be attracted to Iseult Gonne. His young secretary, Ezra Pound, though married, also set about winning her favour and in the same way–through their shared love of books and writing. This is another snippet from my work in...
by Orna Ross | Apr 30, 2021 | Fiction |
To receive exclusive extracts from this story and give feedback on where it should go next, join my fiction reader patrons here. (from just $2 a month) Dancing in the Wind: The Story So Far The story opens in 1916. The world is at war, Irish freedom fighters...
by Orna Ross | Feb 12, 2021 | Fiction |
The story opens in 1916. The world is at war, Irish freedom fighters have just staged an armed rebellion in Dublin, and the three characters we first met in Her Secret Rose are deeply unsettled. The world famous poet, WB Yeats, Yeats, “having come to 50...
by Orna Ross | Feb 1, 2021 | Poetry |
I wrote this poem about Brigid a few years ago but am taking it out for a replay today. Brigid (Brigit, Bridget, Bride) is one of Ireland’s three patron saints, along with St. Columba and the most famous St. Patrick. My mother's name is Brigid, though everyone...
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...