Delighted and honoured to have been interviewed by Dariel Raye today on her blog – I hope you will head over…
2. When did you know you wanted to be a writer? What were some of your first steps toward making your dream a reality? How would you say most of your books are conceived? Dreams? Research? Experience?
I began writing poetry when I was about ten but I use the term poetry loosely! I was an obsessive reader however from about the age of six and I was into the classics such as War and Peace consumed when I was 12 and had chicken pox. In 1964 I bought my first Wilbur Smith book and having lived in South Africa was immediately swept up in the family sagas and adventures. I got itchy fingers and began jotting down notes for stories and poems. My mother told me that I had an overactive imagination which used to get me into dreadful scrapes. I blame Wilbur Smith.
Life intruded as it does when you leave school, go to college and then go out to work. I was told to put fanciful stuff on a shelf and get on with earning a living. Which I did until I was 43 years old. I gave up working for other people and retrained as a nutritional therapist. My first book was about me and my struggles with weight (at 43 I had weighed 150kilo or 330lbs). I designed my own weight loss programme and discarded 150 unnecessary pounds in the process. It began as a journal and was never meant to be read by anyone else, but as soon as I held my first book in my hands I knew this was something I could do for the rest of my life. I have been an Indie author for the last 15 years and have absolutely no regrets.
3. I noticed that you write in multiple genres. What are the pros and cons, if any, of writing in more than one genre, particularly fiction and non-fiction?
Read the rest of the interview here….http://www.pendarielraye.com/2016/11/interview-and-spotlight-sally-cronin.html?zx=16b9ff6ac067342b
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On 15 Nov 2016 10:46 am, “Smorgasbord – Variety is the spice of life” wrote:
> Smorgasbord – Variety is the Spice of Life. posted: “Delighted and > honoured to have been interviewed by Dariel Raye today on her blog – I hope > you will head over… 2. When did you know you wanted to be a writer? What > were some of your first steps toward making your dream a reality? How would > you say mos” >
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Reblogged this on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog and commented:
Sally gets grilled (I mean INTERVIEWED) 😀
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Thanks for sharing Chris.. much kinder than being roasted! hugs xx
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LOL
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Read the interview and left a comment. It was great!!! hugs
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Thank you Patricia… hugs
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Thanks Sally – I always love to read about the creative process of other writers. How they started. What drove them and what they discovered during what can be the long lonely journey of putting together a novel… I was going to say writing a novel – but as writers know the writing down is only the start. (And non-writers think that’s all there is to it!).
I think William Burroughs called writing anti-social… because you lock yourself away with a typewriter (in those days) and don’t emerge for weeks.
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Thank you Paul.. I think we are lucky these days to have the choice to be alone or to reach out so easily on line.. there is no doubt it can be a distraction but it can also be a source of motivation.. I wonder what William Burroughs would have thought about the Internet and Epublishing that was really only in its early days when he died..
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New stories about Sally! Love it! 🙂 xoxo
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Thanks Angie.. xxx
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Sal, you’re such a source of inspiration! Glad to see you leaving your wisdom across new pages! ❤
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Thanks Debby… my first visit to another blogging platform.. Dariel asked some great questions.. xxx♥
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Yes, they were wonderful questions. Always nice when I can learn another thing about you my friend. 🙂 ❤
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Some things are best left out of the public eye! love and hugs xx
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Lol, like what may happen on cruise ships with margaritas! 🙂 xo
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Awesome that you are reaching even MORE folks! ❤
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Thanks Annette. ♥
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It’s a lovely interview, Sally. I’m so glad you reblogged it, else I wouldn’t have found it. Mega hugs.
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Thank you Teagan.. it was fun.. hope you are doing okay.. love and hugs x
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I’m hanging in there (by a thread). LOL. Having leave for a couple of days a week for the next several weeks helps. It doesn’t change the level of disrespect on workdays, but it sure helps.
Again, wishing you and David a very, very happy anniversary. Love & hugs right back. 😀 ❤
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Great interview! It’s always good to hear about how other writers got started and thoughts on the process.
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Thank you Audrey.. glad you enjoyed.
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An entertaining interview. You have such breadth of experience and interests. I absolutely agree about the WordPress community. This was not something I expected when I started blogging and you are right, the sense of never being alone is heart-warming, especially with the political nightmares unfolding around us.
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Lovely interview, Sally. I think we authors are naturally curious and enjoy learning about as well as from each other. I liked that her questions were fashioned to you and especially appreciated her asking how your values and beliefs show up in your writing; I would think this important to most if not all authors ❤
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