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Praise for Tracy’s Hot Mail

Author’s Thanks

About the Author

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Subject: My New Job

Subject: Charity Day

Subject: Bad Head Day

Subject: Curses

Subject: Worms

Subject: Hopes Dashed

Subject: All By Myself

Subject: Halloween

Subject: Back at Mum’s

Subject: Fireworks and Cat Poo

Subject: Hangovers and Invites

Subject: Keep Fat

Subject: Football

Subject: Latest from the Sweatshop

Subject: The Christmas Party

Subject: Christmas

Subject: New Year’s Eve

Subject: Driving Lessons

Subject: Swine Flu

Subject: The Latest Gossip

Subject: The New Lodger

Subject: Weeds and Weirdos

Subject: A Rude Awakening

Subject: Break Down and Bust Ups

Subject: Laid Off

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Praise for Tracy’s Hot Mail



“Hilariously written. I can’t fault this book...”

Rose McClelland, Judging Covers



“made me laugh from beginning to end...a whopping good read”

Liz Jackson



“a fun, easy, truly enjoyable read...Trevor writes like a girl!”

Emma Kerry



“Tracy reminds me slightly of Bridget Jones as she is a likeable character but quite honestly, a bit slow-on-the-uptake at times.”

Rebecca Emin

Author’s Thanks

A lot of people deserve much more than just a word of thanks for their help, support and encouragement during the creation of this book. Unfortunately for them, that's all they're going to get. So take a bow Maureen Vincent-Northam, David Robinson, Marit Meredith, Jeane Waddington and Gillian Davies. Thank you all for believing in Tracy.

T A Belshaw

About the Author

T A Belshaw lives in Nottingham in the United Kingdom with his wife, Doreen and two mad (but beautiful) Springer Spaniels, Molly and Maisie. Trevor writes for both children and adults. His short stories have been published in a number of anthologies, two of which have been selected for publication in the Café Lit 2011 anthology.

Trevor’s articles have been published in magazines as diverse as Ireland’s Own, The Best of British and First Edition. He is a regular contributor to The Pages E-Zine.

Trevor is currently working on his new web serial The Diary of an Aspiring Adulteress and Tracy’s Celebrity Hot Mail, the sequel to Tracy’s Hot Mail.

His other interests include rock and classical music, and Nottingham Forest FC.

Follow Trevor’s work at: http://www.trevorbelshaw.com

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Subject: My New Job

August 3rd 2010 12:55 PM


Hi Emma,

Just sending a quick mail to let you know how I’m getting on at my new job. This is my work email address, so make sure it’s not marked up as spam.

It’s a busy place. I’m run off my feet. They expect me to do things they didn’t mention in the interview. I thought I was here to answer the phone and make appointments for Mr Tugger. But when I’m not answering the phone they expect me to keep the office tidy and make the coffee for everyone as well.

They call the big boss here Old Man Tugger. I thought it was just because he was a bit old, but apparently it’s because he’s always playing with something in his pocket. He’s got the office at the end of the corridor so I don’t get to see him much. He stood behind my chair for five minutes yesterday watching me type. I know because I could hear his small change rattling. It sounded like the bandits paying out at the Dog and Duck.

I’m in a big open plan office. There are eight of us in here so I have to make a lot of coffee and do loads of tidying up. They’re a messy lot.

I asked if I can get MSN on these computers and they looked at me like I was asking for a pay rise. Apparently they’ve got something called a firewall and it blocks stuff like that. I can use email though so we can have a natter on and off through the day. I’ll sneak the odd call too when it’s safe.


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