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James, I am doing a masters thesis on the Battle of Jutland and would like to quote one of your works 'Doctrine and Fleet Tactics in the Royal Navy (1994), do you have the full citation reference? Thanks
James John Tritten "Doctrine and Fleet Tactics in the Royal Navy," in A Doctrine Reader: The Navies of United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, and Spain, with Vice Admiral Luigi Donolo, ITN (Ret.), Newport Paper No. 9, Newport, RI: Naval War College, December 1995, p. 1-36. Appears previously as NDC 3 00 004, Norfolk, VA: Naval Doctrine Command, November 1994, 35 p. (ADA288841).
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Do you remember the time the E-1b landing left of center and putting a main gear in the ditch so to speak, (port catwalk) ? Everyone "bingo" to Bodoe waiting for the cyclops to pull his ass out. We were "Flash Gordons" to those babes in Norway. Helmets on, seek kits, flight bags....damn they thought we were "Gods".
James John Tritten Nah. I must have missed that one. Glad you ready piece.
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James, glad you are interested! Both Johnnie Come Lately and The Final Salute are available in ebook and print. The Final Salute Amazon BAM Wheeler’s Books B&N Johnnie Come Lately Amazon Fish Pond BAM B&N http://www.loiaconoliteraryagency.com/authors/kathleen-m-rodgers/ ENJOY!?
James John Tritten Thanks. Will get Johnnie on Kindle before I leave for the San Miguel de Allende writers conference in a few weeks and read it there. Will also send you a query letter and synopsis of Fatal Waters - I believe Kathleen talked to you about me looking for an agent. Jim
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How do you get inspired to write?
James John Tritten All kinds of strange ways. Once I was inspired by my daughter-in-law handing me a piece of pink duct tape. I asked myself what was that and why did we need it. Another inspiration was when my son told me, upon joining me for a weekend away, that he was on an all-plant diet. I tend to find subjects in the most peculiar ways - all of which are fun.
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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?
James John Tritten Write. Fix it later.
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What’s the best thing about being a writer?
James John Tritten I thought I really liked being a non-fiction writer about serious stuff. Then I decided to never do anything that I used to do when I got paid to do it. In other words, I retired. Since then, I have had a blast at exploring memoir and all of the emotions. Men, you see, only master humor and anger. I have had the learn about the rest, then how to recognize what happens to a person in each case, then how to write about that, and finally how to write so that you the reader will experience what I experienced. So then I got the courage to tackle fiction. Way more fun than the old boring academic stuff I used to write.
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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?
James John Tritten Reading a story about pre-historic water being found in New Mexico written up in our local newspaper. Inspired the creation of Fatal Waters.
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What are you currently working on?
James John Tritten Fatal Meeting, a follow-on to Fatal Waters. A mystery set in New Mexico loosely (very) based upon Agatha Christi's And Then There Were None.
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How do you deal with writer’s block?
James John Tritten I outline all lengthy works. Writers block can't happen that way [for me]
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