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Posted by syl, around April 2006:
 
US Cook wins blogging book prize :

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technol...

Also, Belle du Jour has quit her blog :

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technol...

/old news?
Posted by Grim..., around 3rd April 2006:
 
"Friday, 17 September, 2004, 11:13 GMT 12:13 UK"
A bit old, yah.
Posted by Saltation, around 3rd April 2006:
 
she may or may not have been a call-girl or journalist, but her blog was not a blog. she accidentally revealed it was a fiction in april 2004
Posted by syl, around 3rd April 2006:
 
Sheesh! The intrigue! I don't have time to read that all now, but I'll be reading it at home for sure!
Posted by syl, around 3rd April 2006:
 
Er, can I be a hopeless, lazy wench and ask you to explain exactly why that post is so telling? I've read through a bit higher up and a bit lower down and can't be arsed to read any more because it's a bit boring to be honest. Did get caught up in your blog though. :)
Posted by Saltation, around 4th April 2006:
 
read the indented paragraph in my blogpost -- it lays out the reason why she could NOT have posted that if she was in fact blogging rather than writing fiction.
Posted by syl, around 4th April 2006:
 
So the people that she wrote about should have ratted her out? But do you think there's a possibility that her friends and aquaintances didn't know she was BdJ?
Posted by Saltation, around 4th April 2006:
 
you're getting it quite upside down, syl. suggest you read her blog post.
Posted by syl, around 14th November 2009:
 
Ha! news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news...
I think she's kinda cool. :)
Posted by Meatwood Flack, around 14th November 2009:
 
But is a blog true by definition? I've always applied a fairly loose attitude to the truth whenever I blog.

Or talk, for that matter.
Posted by syl, around 15th November 2009:
 
I'm quite painfully honest and personal in my blog. I think a blog is supposed to be true. My honest opinion is that Belle de Jour started the "blog" for fun and it ended up running away with her.
Posted by cal, around 15th November 2009:
 
i know belle/brooke. have done for years. but i didn't know it was her
Posted by Grim..., around 16th November 2009:
 
How come?
Posted by Saltation, around 16th November 2009:
 
surely the question should be "how much?"?
Posted by cal, around 17th November 2009:
 
she was an early uk blogger. came to the london blog meets
Posted by WarHead, around 18th November 2009:
 
You stick to that story, we'll believe you. ;0)
Posted by Saltation, around 22nd November 2009:
 
cal, did she call herself brooke or belleDJ at the meets? ie, did she keep her blog or her name secret, face2face?
either way: cool.

one thing i noticed from a slip on her blog: her blog was fiction(alised). "based on a true story" rather than an actual blog. a real pity. she's a wonderful writer.
Posted by cal, around 22nd November 2009:
 
brooke - she had another blog
Posted by syl, around 23rd November 2009:
 
How awesome to have a secret identity :D
Posted by Miki, around 23rd November 2009:
 
cal really does know everyone on the internet :D
Posted by che, around 24th November 2009:
 
cal's secret identity is Tron Guy.

FACT*


*[citation needed]