The truth shall set you free. Or destroy your life and ruin you forever. It’s a thin line, really – one that Tina Murray expertly walks again and again in her novel A Chance to Say Yes. I don’t think I’ve ever read a book with so many secrets and twists; it certainly kept me on my toes. It seemed that for every secret revealed there were two more hiding in the wings; each secret bigger than the one before but not as big as the next one yet to come. The book has a great soap opera feel to it, which I surprisingly found quite entertaining. I say surprisingly because even... 

Q: When I write short stories, I often find myself struggling to come up with just the right name for each character. Heston Demming and Poppy Talbot are great names; do you have a special method when naming your characters? A: Thanks, Hilary. I don’t have a method, but I do consider a few things when naming characters. For example, I like names that are easy to read phonetically. In real life, you often see Heston’s last name spelled Deming. I chose to add an extra consonant to make the name more reader-friendly. Readers, wondering how the name is pronounced, might stumble... 

We all have secrets; that’s just the way it is. Some secrets are so dark and deep we can almost hide them from ourselves. Almost. But no matter how hard we try to ignore and forget, the secrets always have a way of boiling back up to the surface. Especially if the person from whom you are really keeping the secret used to be your best friend and is now one of the world’s most famous movie stars, and has decided to move back to your hometown where you live with your husband. Yeah, that’s always fun. Nothing like trying to keep a huge secret from someone you could run into... 

I’m leeeving on a jet plane; don’t know when I’ll be back again. Actually, I’ll be in an RV, but I’m still leaving. Not anytime really soon, mind you. And I know when I’ll be back. It’s official…..the boyfriend and I are going to Burning Man. Yeehaw!! I say that with one part genuine excitement and one part trepidation. You see, I’ve never attended Burning Man before; the boyfriend has gone several times, but not for at least seven years. I know I’ll have a great time, but there is a fear of the unknown, and well, that frightens me. Burning Man 2010:... 

I had a really great time yesterday! While I can’t tell you a bunch of details, I can tell you this…..Brad Pitt was there and I got to stare at his butt for at least an hour. Yummy. For those who have no idea what I’m talking about, the boyfriend, his sister and I spent the afternoon/evening at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA as extra’s for Brad Pitt’s now-filming movie, Moneyball (see info links below). We arrived about 4:00pm in our Oakland A’s gear and stood in line with all the other volunteer extras. Once inside the Coliseum, we were directed to sit in a... 

What a lucky day for me! In a little while I’ll be heading over to the Oakland Coliseum to be an extra in the now filming movie, Moneyball, with Brad Pitt, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jonah Hill, and Robin Wright. On my way, I think I’ll drop a postcard in the mail for Lindsay Lohan. You know how much I miss her. Thanks Azure for the heads up on this one!! Exclusively from Gawker, comes this elegant postcard, already addressed to the lovely Ms. Lohan, Inmate No. 2409752. Just download, print, and send! There’s plenty of space for you to include your message to Lindsay. The... 

Great news!! Fleshlight Girls and Fleshjack have gone international! Based in Seville Spain, Fleshlight International (FLi) the makers of the Fleshlight, Fleshjack and Fleshlight Girls brands have set up shop – operated by Europeans, for Europeans. So much so, in fact, the FLI website can only be seen by visitors with a European IP address – it’s not even visible outside of Europe. The site also includes a bunch of new products as well as new payment options and shipping methods specific to Europe and European consumers. All orders ship directly from a facility in Spain...