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Read my interview with accomplished thriller writer Bonnie Hearn Hill in Paperback Writer

-n.l.
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Lords of Bakersfield video? View now on Paperback Writer.
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I heard there was a meeting today... KRAB radio talked about it... so why not pop in and see what all the city slogan talk was about...

I wasn't one of the speakers and there is really no point in indicating who said what, but the dialogue went something like this:

"It's so beautiful."

It is?

"Ooh..."

"Ahhh..."

"We don't need the hole in the sign anymore. I'd like to see a mock-up without the hole in it."

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There's a bigger point to be made about the time bombs in our city; and I just made it on nlbelardes.com. (read now and comment)

And if you missed my last articles on Riverwalk Park and my prediction about child tragedy, take a look...

-n.l.

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Are our city planners morons?

Feel free to comment on my Paperback Writer blog: positive or negative. -n.l.

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Called New York Times best-selling author Steve Alten up at his home and talked shop about his creepy apocalyptic Domain series... You can say I got a little freaked out by his book... yikes!

Please read and leave a comment.

-n.l.

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Launched a new blog article today on Paperback Writer that promotes Noveltown, musicians The Filthies and filmmaker Rod Lester (You have to see his animated short, 'Fresh Fish'). The article also discusses what I think is a misperception of the city by some art groups...

You might agree or disagree, but may find the article and embedded videos interesting and enlightening about Bakersfield art culture.

There's an art renaissance going on in Bakersfield that doesn't have to do with quality or quantity but a fusing of mediums: film, music, literature, theatre and art. I try to capture some of that and the controversies surrounding...

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Bakersfield Californian blog users look like they're getting into the mix in the blogs. I saw Dan Pacheco recently at Russo's Books and he thanked me for helping talk about the Bakersfield.com blog profiles and blogging tools. You're welcome Spudboy!

I hadn't checked back in a while but it's looking like members are taking the time to flood the Internet with blogs on a wide range of topics. That's good interaction with readers...

In my quest to keep up with the Joneses, Noveltown just launched Zowietown. We have three episodes done and hope to continue to flood local traffic with our tongue-in-cheek media shows...

 

 

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