She kindly agreed to answer a couple of questions for the followers of this blog, despite her busy schedule. so let's give a warm welcome to
Sally G. Cronin
1 . What 3 words best describe you?
Inquisitive, Supportive, Joker
2. I’m sure we all have writing rituals, even if we’re
not conscious of them! Do you have one, I mean do you need music playing in the
background, have a certain snack at arm's length, write with a certain type of
pen/keyboard, drink coffee/tea/milk/juice while writing?
I am pretty easy going with my writing process, but
once I get started I like to work through without interruption until I have
finished a chapter, short story or post. I may come back to edit later, but I
like to know that it is all there.
3. What is your favorite positive saying?
There are quite a few that I have gathered over the
years. One I do like in particular is this one.
“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Milton
Berle
4. You have a complex blog. Promoting other fellow
authors, articles on health and nutrition, etc.All of them extremely useful.
How do you find time for all this?
Even when I began working for myself twenty years ago,
I always put in the hours. I was used to 12 to 14 hour days and I consider what
I do now as my job. As an author I needed to build a platform to promote my own
books which cover health, nutrition and fiction. I have a diverse audience
around the world, with varied interests. I wanted a blog that embraced that,
and also provided me with a stimulating, if virtual work environment. For me
promoting others is a natural extension of that, since they too write books
across all the genres, which again brings a wide cross section of readers to
the blog. And, I love what I do which is always a key element.
5. What question do you wish that someone would ask
about your books, but nobody has? Write it out here, then answer it.
Why do you write so many short stories?
My favourite time of day when I was a child was being
read a bed-time story. But I would not go to sleep until I had listened to the
whole story. I am like that now. Although I read novels and enjoy them, I much
prefer a really good short story with a beginning, middle and end that I can
read before I switch out the light. That is why I love blogging because each
post is a story with the same elements. And with short stories it is so much
easier to end on a twist...
6. Which of your books was the most difficult/complex
to write?
The most difficult to write was my first book Size
Matters. Not because it was the first, but because it was the most personal. I
shared the physical, emotional and mental elements that had led me to being
morbidly obese and suffering from various lifestyle induced diseases. Being
honest with myself was the first step and putting it down on paper for others
to read was the next. It is there now permanently as a reminder to me of how
much work I did to get back my health and that the effort should not be squandered.
About Sally Cronin
My name is Sally Cronin and after working in a number
of industries for over 25 years, I decided that I wanted to pursue a completely
different career, one that I had always been fascinated with. I began studying
Nutrition and the human body twenty years ago and I opened my first diet
advisory centre in Ireland in 1998. Over the last 18 years I have practiced in
Ireland and the UK as well as written columns, articles and radio programmes on
health and nutrition.
I published my first book with a Canadian
self-publisher in the late 90s and since then have republished that book and
released ten others as part of our own self-publishing company. Apart from
health I also enjoy writing fiction in the form of novels and short stories.
My latest book – What’s in a
Name? - Volume Two.
Buy link: Amazon
Our legacy is not always about money or fame, but
rather in the way that people remember our name after we have gone. In these
sixteen short stories we discover the reasons why special men and women will
stay in the hearts and minds of those who have met them. Romance, revenge and
sacrifice all play their part in the lives of these characters.
Kenneth watches the love of his life dance on New Year's Eve while Lily plants very special flowers every spring for her father. Martha helps out a work colleague as Norman steps back out into the world to make a difference. Owen brings light into a house and Patrick risks his life in the skies over Britain and holds back from telling a beautiful redhead that he loves her.
Kenneth watches the love of his life dance on New Year's Eve while Lily plants very special flowers every spring for her father. Martha helps out a work colleague as Norman steps back out into the world to make a difference. Owen brings light into a house and Patrick risks his life in the skies over Britain and holds back from telling a beautiful redhead that he loves her.
My other books
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All books available in print and E-versions
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