A Creativist Compendium: Creative Business, Creative Life

by Orna Ross

In this anthology about applying the creative process to life, novelist and poet Orna Ross presents some powerful tools and techniques for creative living. But what makes this volume unique is the stories and poems.

Extracts from Ross's novels illustrate creative principles in action in the lives of her characters, including fictionalised real-life characters like the poet WB Yeats and his muse Maud Gonne.

Inspirational poems aim to ignite the state of creative presence as you read.

And the volume ends with a rousing and inspiring Creative Manifesto.

Ranging widely across her work, this book demonstrates Orna Ross's dedication to fostering the creative spirit in herself and others, her unique take on creative facilitation.

Guaranteed to inspire and ignite your own creative .

168 pages, Paperback

Published November 21, 2017

About the author

Orna Ross is an award-winning historical novelist, poet, and founder-director of the global non-profit for self-publishing writers, the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi).

An international bestseller, she enjoys book sales in 120+ countries worldwide and her awards include the Goethe Historical Fiction Grand Prize Award for fiction, Gold Literary Titan award for poetry, the Romantic Novelists Association's Indie Champion Award, The Writers' Digest's Top Websites for Writers, and The Bookseller's Top 100 people in publishing.

In what she describes as “the best move of my writing life”, Orna took her book rights back from her publishers in 2011. The experience has made her a passionate advocate for the commercial and creative empowerment of authors through self-publishing and selective rights licensing.

Reviews

[Sondra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautifully written, filled with imagery and inspiration. This book is, at the same time, grounded instruction and gentle suggestion. I have spent a very happy Saturday afternoon devouring the text, interrupted only by a mindful walk in the forest which took place at such a perfect moment in my reading, you might think Orna had planned it that way.

[Joy E. Rancatore · Rating 5 out of 5]

Note: I'm not sure I chose the right book from the selections on here, but I read A Creativist Compendium, Orna's book for her subscribers.

Reading this book was a pleasure and allowed me an opportunity to think through ways to dig deeper into my creative mind as I work. It gave me a lot of great thoughts to consider for my Authorpreneur journey and how to really tap into my creative energies. Also, Orna's words reminded me just how incredibly complex our brains are—which is a thought worth a pause for reflection.

I enjoyed the way she interspersed snip-its from her full Go Creative! series books with some of her fiction and poetry. Through her creative writing, I could see her creative process at work.

[Julie Cordiner · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has really helped me think through how I am going to focus more on my creativity this year. For someone who is very practical and a tendency towards left-brain activities, it made it surprisingly easy to see there is a different way of living and building a business. I particularly liked the blend of advice, poetry and extracts from Orna's novels. I already listen to her Creativist Club webinars which are excellent and this book brought together so many more themes.

[Lucy Branch · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved This!

I’ve been trying to cultivate a creative practice of my own and been reading books about other people’s. This is what drew me to the book initially but what I discovered unexpectedly was Orna Ross’ poetry which is very much to my taste. There’s a lot I highlighted and thought over in this book - I didn’t rush read it because it delves into many interesting ideas. Highly recommended if you are on a creative journey.