Creative Writing. Independent Publishing. Creative Living.

What Writers Do

Orna Ross — Sun, 27 May 2012 11:39:59 +0000

#writers #amwriting #writetip Writers! There’s what your mother, your publisher, your friends and society at large think you do. There’s what YOU think you do. And then there’s what you really do (see below). Though some of us, (she says, blushing a little as she raises her hand), can put Twitter, Pinterest or Facebook in [...]

Invitation to A Shindig

Orna Ross — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:48:16 +0000

Join us on Shindig.com tomorrow for the ONLINE LAUNCH of the Alliance of Independent Authors. Indie author, and curator of The League of Extraordinary Authors, Joni Rodgers will introduce fun, frolics, free book giveaways, and a competition for a lifelong membership of the Alliance. The highlight of the event will be ASK AMAZON, with Thom [...]

Go Creative.

Orna Ross — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:22:59 +0000

#poem #poetry #inspirations I wish we could flow/ as oceans tide,/ swelling with joy at our/ pulse to unfurl. I feel we should roll/ as planets turn,/ dark days and seasons held/ level with light. I sense we can grow/ as mountains rise/ from stresses that set them./ Rock steady. Free. I intend to go/ [...]

Are You a Wifi Hog

Orna Ross — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:41:56 +0000

Every so often a creative freelancer just has to get out of the house. Usually to get in some caffeine. We’ve become a modern day menace, apparently. Spreading our laptops and smartphones across tables and sofa, turning our local Starbucks or Costa into an office. Marketing professors Merlyn Griffiths, from the University of North Carolina, and [...]

How To Write.

Orna Ross — Fri, 11 May 2012 18:29:55 +0000

By John Synge, as imagined by Joseph O’Connor in Ghostlight. #creative #writing “He claims… that he writes out of the desire for consolation, that something in story-making eases him, assuages his demons. “But it also exhausts him. He has to be careful. (‘A man cannot work with the cream of his brain for more than six hours [...]

Ticket For You To Hear Carol Ann Duffy

Orna Ross — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:12:13 +0000

#COMPETITION for UK followers. Fancy an unforgettable night out at the beautiful King’s Place next Monday night, 14th May? I bought myself a ticket to hear the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, read from her work, including her 2011 collection The Bees. Irresistible. Only then I got an invitation to an even more irresistible dinner. [...]

Evolution

Orna Ross — Thu, 03 May 2012 05:36:26 +0000

#WW #Writer Wednesday #creative You were born with a mouth, a tongue, and two sets of teeth were given, the first by year two, then at seven. All thought through, all you’d need to feed and to speak. Now please do. —–

Can You Help?

Orna Ross — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:19:34 +0000

#Inspiration #Meditation: Free ebook. I’m upgrading my Facebook page and its free giveaway. If you’d like a copy of ’Inspiration Meditation: A Guide For Writers Artists & Everyone’, go across now and like the page – soon it will no longer be available for free. I’m also looking for feedback on the book, as I’m [...]

The Key to Creativity

Orna Ross — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 08:00:14 +0000

#GoCreative. I’m a bit sceptical about brain training and #creativity. Brain training works best in getting you used to jumping through particular mental hoops and improving your ability to do a specific brain task. But creative thinking is different. The brainwaves that distinguish creative leaps, great ideas and inspired thinking have been shown by neuroscience [...]

Final Launch Roundup

Orna Ross — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 12:36:01 +0000

Closing a week of posts about the launch of the Alliance of Independent Authors at London Book Fair, this (long) post offers: A fascinating and lively podcast discussion I took part in on The Naked Book, about self-publishing’s place in the industry. Some favourite quotes from the launch of ALLIA. Links to some great follow-up posts by bloggers [...]