Your "Office Politics" Questions Answered
- By Tracy Ames
- Published January 6, 2010
Tracy Ames
Mrs. Ames is an international bestselling author of interracial erotic fiction and a former columnist for several newsletters and magazines.
A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Tracy currently split time between CT & New York City with her husband, children and a host of pets.
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I’ve gotten a few emails from the readers asking questions about the “realness” of “Office Politics”
The short answers:
Yes, this is a retelling of actual events in the life and times of this small group of friends.
Yes, the whole gang’s still friends and remain EXTREMLY close knit though there have been ups and downs.
Yes, each and every one of them is following the weekly updates though they choose not to comment online. I was granted creative license with a few pieces to protect the identity of those friends still serving in uniform. My friends are a twisted bunch.
Yes, we all agreed to tell it as it happened—no sugar coating. *No, I haven’t caught any flack behind anyone’s character depiction. Like I said, there have been ups and downs.
So why tell the story? Everyone felt it was time to hold a mirror up to our past. And, to be quite honest, no group of people without blood relation could share as much as we have and remain tight.
The marriages and divorces, the kids and miscarriages, the hookups and breakups, the deployments and extended separations, the long hours and short vacations—through birth and death, war and peace, we have been there for one another.
…..and this is our story. Enjoy.
*Correction to that statement. I used my friends’ Matt’s name in last week’s installment because I needed a name. During the time frame this story will cover, he and Rachel (his lovely wife) hadn’t joined our little band of despots. Shortly after the installment went out I received an email from Matt saying, “Thanks Trace! I’m now the most hated man in erotica.”
Just to clear things up…Matt Gardner didn’t rat out Charlie and Shawn in Saudi. Some other guy did but I can’t mention his name without puking. I believe Matt was stationed in Alaska at the time. Whatever, it wasn’t him.
I’ve gotten a few emails from the readers asking questions about the “realness” of “Office Politics”
The short answers:
Yes, this is a retelling of actual events in the life and times of this small group of friends.
Yes, the whole gang’s still friends and remain EXTREMLY close knit though there have been ups and downs.
Yes, each and every one of them is following the weekly updates though they choose not to comment online. I was granted creative license with a few pieces to protect the identity of those friends still serving in uniform. My friends are a twisted bunch.
Yes, we all agreed to tell it as it happened—no sugar coating. *No, I haven’t caught any flack behind anyone’s character depiction. Like I said, there have been ups and downs.
So why tell the story? Everyone felt it was time to hold a mirror up to our past. And, to be quite honest, no group of people without blood relation could share as much as we have and remain tight.
The marriages and divorces, the kids and miscarriages, the hookups and breakups, the deployments and extended separations, the long hours and short vacations—through birth and death, war and peace, we have been there for one another.
…..and this is our story. Enjoy.
*Correction to that statement. I used my friends’ Matt’s name in last week’s installment because I needed a name. During the time frame this story will cover, he and Rachel (his lovely wife) hadn’t joined our little band of despots. Shortly after the installment went out I received an email from Matt saying, “Thanks Trace! I’m now the most hated man in erotica.”
Just to clear things up…Matt Gardner didn’t rat out Charlie and Shawn in Saudi. Some other guy did but I can’t mention his name without puking. I believe Matt was stationed in Alaska at the time. Whatever, it wasn’t him.
