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Reader Club

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Althea Gyles, Mysterious Rose, and Easter Risings: Monthly Salon April 2026

Orna discusses a new book by Sally North of Holythorn Press, in praise the lost poet and illustrator of W.B. Yeats books, Althea Gyles.

Apr 8 • Orna Ross📚

CREATIVE SALON: Now Monthly on Substack Live Audio

Join other readers and writers for poetry and prompts, creative presence and practice, plus a hosted conversation and 'Ask me Anything' session.

Dec 30, 2025 • Orna Ross📚

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A private space for us to converse, connect and create good things together

Dec 10, 2025 • Orna Ross📚

ORNA ROSS READER CLUB: What You Need to Know

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Feb 2 • Orna Ross📚

For Authors

How Indie Authors Use Substack’s Referral System to Reach Readers

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Jun 25 • Orna Ross📚

'Serialising your Novel on Substack' with Orna Ross & Simon K Jones

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May 6 • Orna Ross📚 and Simon K Jones

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Self-Publisher Extraordinaire Virginia Woolf and the London Book Fair 2026

In which I return from an LBF that acknowledged the advancement of indie authors as never before, and ponder the creative life and work of Virginia…

Mar 13 • Orna Ross📚

How to Write Serialised Fiction on Substack

Lessons learned from serialising A Life Before, my literary-historical novel about Maud Gonne and W.B. Yeats, here on Substack

Mar 5 • Orna Ross📚

Is Substack Good for Indie Authors?

Orna Ross explains why she joined Substack and its pros and cons as a social and writing platform for authors

Jan 5 • Orna Ross📚

Creativism & Go Creative! Planning

Bloomsday Thoughts & New Moon Planning: Strawberry Moon 2026

Bloomsday thoughts and my monthly preview of what’s coming next in my publishing business.

Jun 16 • Orna Ross📚

What Is Creativism? A way of life

What does a creativist do? Orna Ross on the theory and practice of creativism and how it took her through cancer, co-dependency and two decades of a…

Feb 22 • Orna Ross📚

Finding Your Creative Voice with New Author Charlie Finch

An audio recording of from Orna Ross📚's live video

May 31 • Orna Ross📚 and Charlie Finch

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Go Creative: The Limitations of the Law of Attraction

It leaves out four stages of the creative process

Mar 19 • Orna Ross📚

Building Creative Strength: Monthly Salon March 2026

How we are strengthened by art, literature, nature... and one another. Creative intentions review, f-r-e-e-writing, and this month's Ask Me Anything.

Mar 3 • Orna Ross📚

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Next Novel...Now

2:3 So Courteous a Gentleman

In which Maud Gonne outwits a Russian diplomat and is surprised by what he brings to her

Jun 27 • Orna Ross📚

A Life Before 2:2. To St Petersburg.

In which Maud Gonne is set to work on her first assignment for the Boulangists.

Jun 21 • Orna Ross📚

A Life Before 2:1. Our Friend in the East

Returning from Constantinople Maud Gonne is called to St Petersburg and receives a new proposal.

Jun 9 • Orna Ross📚

Conversations with W.B. Yeats: Mohoni Chatterjee on Past Lives

In which the poet learns a thing or two about life, love and reincarnation from an Indian envoy of Madame Blavatsky and The Theosophy Society

Jun 2 • Orna Ross📚

A Life Before: The Serial. Story Index

A complete guide to every episode of the literary-historical novel, based on the coming of age storeies of Maud Gonne and W.B. Yeats, with links and…

Jan 10 • Orna Ross📚

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Poetry Picks

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Poetry Reading: 'Makebelieve' by Pádraig Ó Tuama and 'Breaking Light' by Orna Ross.

(16 mins) | A poetry recording by Orna Ross 📚 for inspirational poetry lovers

May 15 • Orna Ross📚

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Poetry Reading: 'Halo' by Orna Ross 📚 and 'Ars Poetica' by Maria Giesbrecht

New monthly feature: 'One of Mine and One of Yours'

Apr 23 • Orna Ross📚

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The Calling: A Poem

From 12 Poems to Inspire Book 5: Breaking Light

Mar 25 • Orna Ross📚

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Long Love. A Poem in Text and Audio

Another poem from my collection for Valentines and Other Lovers

Feb 14 • Orna Ross📚

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POETRY: Reading: St Valentine: A Sonnet

Listen now (1 min) | from 'The Light of Love' (Book One of Orna Ross's '12 Poems to Inspire' series for special occasions)

Feb 4 • Orna Ross📚

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Embers & Ink: Creative Doings, Then and Now

Embers & Ink: Creative Doings, Then and Now

Stories, poems, and Go Creative! essays from a leading independent author. Join my Reader Club for exclusives, or if you're a writer yourself, my Indie Author Lab.

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