Jackie Tritt

, Female

Profile Information:

Hometown:: on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia
About Me:: I migrated to Australia from England more years ago than I care to remember. I have a crime novel, 'The Burning', out with Virtual Tales as an ebook(www.virtualtales.com and now available on mobipocket and fictionwise). It's a murder story set against the background of bushfires, which occur all too frequently in our hot, dry summers.

I also have a collection of short stories, 'Unfettered Feet', released with Ginninderra Press (www.ginninderrapress.com.au) in Canberra. Some of these stories involve crime and some don't. Some have murderous intent. There's a stalker, a serial killer, a daughter at the end of her tether.
I Am A:: Reader, Writer
Website:: http://www.freewebs.com/jackietritt
Books And Authors I Like:: I like the crime writing of Ruth Rendell, Ed McBain, Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and Minette Walters.
Movies And TV Shows I Like:: I like British crime shows on TV - The Bill, New Tricks, Ghost Squad. My favorite American show is West Wing.

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Anne Grant

Thanks, Jackie. I look forward to getting to know you.

Aug 17, 2007
Jackie Tritt

Pretty darn cold is no exaggeration, Daryl, but I'm clinging to those brief signs of spring to cheer me up. Maybe hibernation time is nearly over.

Jackie

Aug 17, 2007
Karen J. Laubenstein

Hi Jackie, you're clinging to signs of spring and we're waking up to early frost with winter coming just too darn fast here in Alaska! We've got another camping trip planned, so having to scrape off the windshield in the a.m. does not bode well. Anyway, Waving from Alaska where it's yesterday for you and you're already in tomorrow for me. Thank you for the invite.

Aug 19, 2007
Smokindevilette

Thank you for being my first friend!

Aug 19, 2007
Maryann Mercer

Thanks for the invite...not sure what time it is is Australia, but it's a cloudy Sunday morning here in Illinois. Nice to meet someone from so far away. Isn't it great to have this venue to 'travel'? I'll definitely check out virtualtales. I'm still unpublished (not for lack of trying) but am working on both a police procedural and a cozy. Have a great day!

Aug 20, 2007
Pepper Smith

Thanks for the invitation, Jackie.

Aug 20, 2007
Karen from AustCrime

Jackie - sounds like we're not so far apart geographically as well as in some TV tastes :)

Aug 27, 2007
Joan Conwell

Thank you for the invite, Jackie!

Aug 28, 2007
Sandra Ruttan

Hi Jackie, nice to 'meet' you here!

Aug 28, 2007
Kevin Allman

Thanks for the friend-vite!

Aug 28, 2007
Janet Reid

Thanks for the invite!

Sep 10, 2007
Jonnie

Howdy Jackie... thanks for the invite..I LOVE this place..everyone is so nice & friendly!!!

Sep 11, 2007
Craig McDonald

Great to make a friend in Australia, Jackie. Congratulations on "The Burning."

Sep 14, 2007
Marta Stephens

Hi Jackie! Ah I know several people in both Enland and Australia--all authors, of course!! :) Nice to "meet" you and thanks for inviting me to your group. Marta

Sep 14, 2007
Vickie Browning

Thank you for the invitation!

Sep 16, 2007
Leutrell Osborne, Sr.

Thanks Jackie. I am attempting to confirm the value in networking to satisfy my interest and researching and writing about transnational and national crime. Given my interest can you and anyone that reads this comment suggest persons for me to network and get to know. I am a new author yet to be published but I am not new to enterprise and research. Suggest you google "Leutrell" and see the CNN profile so you can get some inisights on my background. Thanks Leutrell Osborne, email: "iiculture@mac.com" and 301 858 8455, Annapolis, Md. USA

Oct 15, 2007
Jacki

Hi Jackie and Thanks for the Welcome from another Brit in OZ

Oct 16, 2007
Jeri Westerson

Thanks, Jackie. I hope to make a splash.

Oct 24, 2007
Linda L. Richards

Hey, Jackie: nice to meetcha!

Oct 24, 2007
Janet McClellan

Thank you... love the bio.. goood for you!

Congratulations on all your success... its is surely the place of a great life of a writer!

Warmest regards

Oct 25, 2007
Katherine Howell

Hi Jackie, thanks for the invite! Good to meet you!

Oct 27, 2007
Peg Herring

Jackie,
Cool, you're my first Aussie friend. I used to have some "actual" Kiwi friends, but we've lost touch over the years. It is one of my dreams to visit your part of the world (when I get that 6-figure advance for my next book!)

Oct 28, 2007
Jess

Thanks, Jackie. He has been called a lazy agent but from where I'm sitting, he's a successful lazy agent. LOL

Nov 9, 2007
Kerrie

Hello Jackie

I don't get here as often as I'd like. Thanks for inviting me to be your friend.

Nov 16, 2007
Karen from AustCrime

Oh darn - we should have worked out some sort of signal and met up to say hello. I went in with my next door neighbour, met her husband there as well and the 3 of us wandered off to the Sofitel for lunch. It was a magnificent day wasn't it. I wrote up the session at http://www.austcrimefiction.org I enjoyed it so much.

Nov 19, 2007
ruth

Thanks for the invite. Crofting can be fun - sometimes. Winter isn't actually too bad, if we have snow, it is when its wet (as now) and the haar sits permanently over us (as now), that it gets a tad tedious. There is something about wet sheep that stays with you. Kubotas are fun tractors, though quite right, modern. My oldest is 1947 (ish) a grey Fergie which originally had a petrol/paraffin engine that at some stage in its life got the perkins P3 engine put in. I love it, I had a mini version in my farm set as a kid - now I got the real thing. My most "alarming" toy here is the JCB Sitemaster 3CX digger, that is a heap of fun - your husband might consider getting one of those to add to his collection. As for the science, for someone from an "art" background, it is proving to be a huge challenge, I seem incapable of writing "scientifically" - e.g. I likened DNA and mRNA to Batman and Robin in one essay. My tutors are despairing I think. You seem to have managed the transformation from science teacher to novelist - excellent, well done. If I get stuck with my oceanography course this coming year I'll know who to turn to.

Nov 19, 2007
Eric Eckert

Hi, Jackie: Thanks for the invite. I look forward to intriguing conversations!

Nov 22, 2007
Brian Kavanagh

Hello Jackie,
nice to meet up - and with another Victorian Author! Terrific. I'm compiling a list of books to read over the Christmas holidays, so will check out The Burning. Sounds great idea.
Cheers,
Brian

Nov 22, 2007
Jana Oliver

Thanks for inviting me! I see we share Virtual Tales in common.

Nov 26, 2007
George Fox Rishel

Hi, Jackie, Thanks for the add. George Rishel, The Sly Fox bookstore in Virden, Illinois.

Nov 27, 2007
Jennie Bentley/Bente Gallagher

Thanks for the invite, Jackie!

Nov 27, 2007
Sarah M. Chen

Thanks for the invite to be your friend Jackie. Hope to chat more soon!

Dec 9, 2007
Morgan Hunt

Interesting that your crime novel is set against the background of bushfires. I did a book tour to San Diego in late October and arrived just in time for the worst of the fires and evacuations. Nothing like being able to see the air you breathe -- a challenging time for all. Have you actually been caught in a bushfire?

Dec 11, 2007
Morgan Hunt

You most surely did have plenty of experience on which to base your story. Egads!

Thanks for the good wishes; let me know how it goes with The Burning on Virtualtales.com.

Dec 11, 2007
Dana King

Thanks for the friend invitation. I'm looking forward to trading insights, it looks like we have similar, but not identical tastes.

Dec 11, 2007
Jeff Markowitz

Thanks for the friend invite. I'll stop back when I have more time to read.
Jeff

Dec 19, 2007
Jeffrey Kinghorn

Jackie, thanks for inviting into your circle of writer-friends. What caught your eye about me that made you key me in? Look forward to chatting. We have some terrific friends in Brisbane and have threatened for years to make the trip down. Don't know that I could survive that long in an airplane. Yikes!

Dec 19, 2007
ed goldberg

Thanks! Nice to be your friend.

Dec 20, 2007
Sarah Baker

Thank you for adding me!

Sarah

Dec 31, 2007
Clea Simon

Thanks for adding me! I hope to get to know you in the coming new year. - Clea

Dec 31, 2007
Delphine Cingal

Thanks for adding me.
Happy New Year

Jan 3, 2008
Dennis Leppanen

Hi Jackie,

How's everything down under? Do you know our host? I hear he is very rich & famous. Thank you much for the invite.

Dennis

Jan 7, 2008
Jarad Henry

Hi there Jackie

Yes, definitely interested in your book club. I have family near Belgrave so know the area quite well too!

Let me know if you make a confirmation and I'lll lock it in.

Cheers, and thanks for the interest.

Jarad

Feb 21, 2008
L.J. Sellers

Just saying Hi and introducing myself. I had never heard of Virtual Tales before now. This site is amazingly informative.

Mar 16, 2008
Teel James Glenn

Hi Jackie, or should I say ''g'day!" Yes I'm a VirtualTales.com puppy as well--I have to say I think your book the Burning sounds really interesting--I read your account of how it came about with you and your daughter fighting the fire alone and wasimpressed--keep on writing and keep the fire extinguisher handy!!
TJ

Mar 17, 2008
Don Wesley

Jackie, I would enjoy hearing from your husband as to some of his all time favorite crime fiction. I would be glad to share mine.

May 26, 2008
Jarad Henry

No problem Jackie - see you on the 25th oct.
Cheers
JH

Jun 20, 2008
Lindy Cameron

Hi Jackie
I reckon we probably live in spitting distance of each other.
Are you a member of Sisters in Crime Australia?
cheers
Lindy

Nov 13, 2008
Lindy Cameron

Hi Jackie
glad you enjoyed The First Cut - it just one the Readers' Vote in the Davitt Awards.
I'm near Bittern - so closer to your daughter...
Did you know you can go on the SinC-Oz email list (without being a member)?That way you get notified of all events and know when to come and play with us.
Cheers
Lindy

Nov 13, 2008
Art Montague

Hi Jackie,
Just discovered you are in Crime Space when reading about the contest. Congratulations! I've joined today and would like some friends. May I add you?
Art from Virtual Tales.

Dec 3, 2008