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I'll be speaking on Saturday morning at 9 a.m. in Fresno at the River Parkway Trust's "River Rock" event, featuring Puerto Rican Poet Victor Hernandez Cruz. The event is hosted by American Book Award winner T.Z. Hernandez, who has performed in Bakersfield a few times in recent years.

I'll be speaking on author platforms and how to get published in today's tanking economy.

There's still room at this awesome "Respite by the River" event in Fresno. So, if you're interested in writing, want a Saturday day trip. It's only $5 per carload.

Click here for more info.

Or contact me...



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N.L. BELARDES is a journalist and videographer who manages Face News in central California. His bizarre trivia book, “Random Obsessions” is due to hit store shelves in late 2009. His work has appeared on the homepage of CNN.com and other news sites all over America. You can purchase Lords: Part One, which describes the infamous Lords of Bakersfield. N.L. welcomes humorous notes and news tips to his MySpace or Twitter.He also has the twitter novel, "Small Places," a literary micro-blogging corporate mockery that you can get a sentence at a time via the Web or cell phone.