Free My Little Secret by Anna J.

today. How did you come to meet Nathan Jones, CEO of Hot Topicz Publications?”
    â€œWell, I met Nathan at an issues party I threw at my house back in the summer of 2004. My publicist and longtime friend Talia Skyy brought him over to the house after he was done with some business and signings he had in the Philadelphia area, him originally being from Jamaica, Queens, New York,” I say, reminiscing on how I got into the publishing game.
    â€œAn issues party? Lord knows we all got issues,” Tommy comes in from the sideline, making us laugh. “So you’re telling me that all of y’all got together and had a party about having issues?”
    â€œSomething like that,” I respond, laughing at Tommy’s antics. I then break down how the issues party worked.
    â€œWhat we basically did was write down a bunch of issues and topics, covering everything from sex to baby momma drama, and dropped them into a punch bowl. Once we got started, we pulled the questions out one at time, reading them out loud, and gave everyone a chance to answer. It was usually a mixed crowd of men and women, gay and straight, single and married, so it made for interesting conversation.”
    â€œThat sounds like something we all need to attend, right after church service,” Steve says, cracking his own self up.
    I laugh along, really enjoying the interview.
    â€œOkay. So, Jaydah, tell us about your books. From my understanding you have two novels out now, one on the way, and you have done a good amount of collabos that helped get your name out there,” Shirley asks, gaining control of the situation.
    â€œ Collabos? What? She a rapper now? She got something out with Jay-Z and Fiddy?” Tommy asks, clowning me.
    â€œNo, Tommy. Collabos, in the book world, are just like those in rap and R&B where several authors get together and write about the same topic.”
    â€œSee here, that sounds like something Sister Odell know something about,” Carla replies, referring to one of Steve’s alter egos. Sister Odell is an older church-going woman who knows how to put you right in your place.
    â€œThat’s correct, Shirley. I’ve participated in five collaborations, all of which are available nationwide. As for my novels, the first one is about a husband and wife who are having bedroom issues and the husband somehow convinces his wife that if they had a threesome it would fix their problem. Needless to say, that’s not how it turns out. That’s where all the drama unfolds. The sequel deals with how they handled it all after their lives fell apart, and they are trying to see if they can put it all back together.”
    â€œFrom what I understand about the book, young lady, is that the mistress in the book comes in and tries to take the wife from her husband,” Steve says in his Sister Odell character.
    â€œYes, that’s exactly what happens,” I reply, nervous about what is going to happen next.
    â€œHow much of this story is true, young lady? You know an awful lot to look so innocent,” Sister Odell says, drawing laughter from the room once more.
    â€œAll of it is strictly fiction, although I get a lot of readers who think I am telling my life story. I’m not into women. Melissa is just a character I made up to go along with the story,” I reply to Steve, taking a quick glance at Nevaeh to see her reaction. She has a straight face, showing no emotion, and I don’t know if that is good or bad.
    Not that I’m trying to hide or anything, but the world doesn’t need to know that much of my business. What I do in the privacy of my own home is just that, and besides all that, I’m not interested in all women, just Nevaeh and Midori.
    â€œAnd Melissa was vicious, you hear me?” Carla chimes in. She goes into some of the scenes in the book, causing all kinds of ruckus in the studio.
    The phone lines are on fire, and the producers of the show have