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Creative writing, creative living: stories, poems, essays, podcast and a monthly salon
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Framing the Future: Planning Your Lunar Year
Listen now | Happy New Lunar Year! What will you create in the Year of the Fire Horse?
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GO CREATIVE! What Is Creativism? Applying the creative process to 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 15
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FICTION: Being What She Was
In which Maud Gonne is seduced and Lucien Millevoye is surprised.
Feb 9
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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
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FOR AUTHORS: Is Substack Good for Indie Authors?
Dec 24, 2025
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JOIN THE CHAT: Here's what we talk about
Dec 10, 2025
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ROUNDUP & REMINDER: Full Moon Feb 2026
Jan 20
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SALON FOR SUBSCRIBERS: Monthly on Substack Live
Dec 30, 2025
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Poetry Books & Readings
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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
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POETRY: Long Love. A Poem in Text and Audio
Another poem from my collection for Valentines and Other Lovers
Jan 31
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POETRY: Love Hurts?
From 'The Light of Love' 12 Poems to Inspire: Book One. A poetry gift book for Valentine's Day
Jan 23
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POETRY: 'The Light of Love'
Listen now | Title poem from my Valentine's Day gift collection.
Jan 16
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POETRY: Moving In
A found poem based on words by Alice Munro
Dec 18, 2025
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Novel News & Serialisation
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FICTION: Being What She Was
In which Maud Gonne is seduced and Lucien Millevoye is surprised.
Feb 9
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Orna Ross
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FICTION: Be Foolish With Me.
In which W.B. Yeats enters the frame, with his father announcing that the family must move back to London--much to the distress of the young poet and…
Feb 1
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FICTION: That Note of Soft Command
In which Millevoye is brought to his knees.
Jan 26
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FICTION: The Small Business of Truth
A Life Before is a literary-historical novel based on the true story of the English heiress turned Irish revolutionary, Maud Gonne, and the poet she…
Jan 21
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FICTION: Amber Scorched with Honey.
In which Maud Gonne's great-aunt Mary delivers some shocking news about her new beloved, Lucien Millevoye.
Jan 14
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Go Creative!
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47:47
Framing the Future: Planning Your Lunar Year
Listen now | Happy New Lunar Year! What will you create in the Year of the Fire Horse?
3 hrs ago
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Orna Ross
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GO CREATIVE! What Is Creativism? Applying the creative process to 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 15
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GO CREATIVE! Feeding the Fire, Holding the Flame
How not to be torn apart by the wild winds of the world
Jan 27
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GO CREATIVE! PODCAST: Intentional Planning under the Dark Moon
Watch now (19 mins) | A recording from Orna Ross's live video
Jan 20
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17. How Can I Do My Creative Work When I'm So Worried About The World?
Listen now (20 mins) | If you’ve felt your creative attention fray under the weight of today’s headlines, you’re not alone.
Jul 21, 2025
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16: Being and Becoming: The Everyday Art of Creation
Listen now (18 mins) | In this episode, Orna explores the ancient and immediate dance between being and becoming.
Jul 3, 2025
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3:15 Plan with Presence – Create with Purpose
Does "getting more done" ever leave you feeling less alive...
Jun 19, 2025
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3:14 New Findings on Flow: Mindfree Creativity
(feat. a fresh take on creative flow and three simple presence practices to unlock it)
Jun 1, 2025
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3:13 From Undertow to Uplift: Creating through Grief
(feat. the brand-new poem “Milky Ways” and two science-backed writing practices)
May 30, 2025
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2:12 The Number One Habit to Adopt for Powerful Conscious Creation
Three Easy, Enjoyable and Transformative Steps To Take Before You Fall Asleep
Nov 4, 2024
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2:10 Limitations to the Law of Attraction
Orna Ross unpacks the limitations of the "Law" of Attraction (LoA) and why it's only part of the conscious creation process.
Jul 10, 2024
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2:9 The Seven Mind Modes and Psychological Stages
In this episode, Orna Ross draws on the work of Abraham Maslow and Ken Wilber to delve into the seven mind modes and psychological stages that shape our…
Jun 24, 2024
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