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Day 8 Marks Strange Twist In Dead Cat Story
It's true, people love weird cat tales. I got two local freaky cat stories on CNN.com while I was managing editor at ABC23. And one worm story which made Jay Leno. People eat up this stuff. The weirder the better I suppose. The...
Posted by thenovelist - Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:47:05 PDT -- 0 comments

Revisiting 9/11 Three Authors Share Stories
Revisiting 9/11 Three authors share stories... By NL Belardes, Bakotopia.com contributor With 9/11 around the corner again I thought it would be a good time to revisit a related manuscript I’d written a few years ago titled,...
Posted by thenovelist - Wed Aug 27, 2008 14:17:03 PDT -- 0 comments

All About Lulu: a novel of American angst
All About Lulu: a novel of American Angst NL reviews and interviews author Jonathan Evison - MEET THE AUTHOR ON 8/9 AT RUSSO'S! By NL Belardes, Bakotopia.com contributor Novels about broken American families are commonplace. ...
Posted by thenovelist - Wed Jul 30, 2008 20:26:44 PDT -- 0 comments

'24' Director Talks Revealing Book In Comicon World Of Steam Punks, Dancing Donuts
Live from Comic Con 2008 '24' Director Talks Revealing Book In Comicon World Of Steam Punks, Dancing Donuts - Bakotopia EXCLUSIVE! By NL Belardes, Bakotopia.com contributor I just went to Comicon 2008 in San Diego to help promote...
Posted by thenovelist - Wed Jul 30, 2008 14:34:39 PDT -- 0 comments

Just Getting Started
Just Getting Started Bakersfield cover girl, 39, makes cover of erotic fiction anthologies By NL Belardes, Bakotopia.com contributor Robin Slick, who lives in Philadelphia, said she needed a book cover for the Phaze anthology,...
Posted by thenovelist - Wed Apr 16, 2008 13:41:11 PDT -- 4 comments

SpringFest 2008 at Riverwalk April 5-6th!
SpringFest 2008 at Riverwalk April 5-6th! By thenovelist, Bakotopia.com contributor It’s not all about the music at Bako Parks SpringFest in the Park at Riverwalk. On April 5 - 6, 2008 there’s the Walk for Life, a...
Posted by thenovelist - Tue Apr 1, 2008 13:32:53 PDT -- 1 comment

Downtown Bakersfield’s risky cocktail
Downtown Bakersfield’s risky cocktail A rare night out in Bako offers more than just a good time By thenovelist / NL Belardes, Bakotopia.com contributor There’s a reason the BPD are out flexing their muscles on the...
Posted by thenovelist - Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:07:13 PST -- 3 comments

Remembering Bakersfield Actor / Mentor Jim Padgett
Jim Padgett, 45, died on Tuesday, January 29. He was a local actor, acting instructor and mentor to many young talented people, from kids in commercials to the filmmakers at Hectic Films. I worked with Padgett only a handful of...
Posted by thenovelist - Mon Feb 4, 2008 17:17:54 PST -- 2 comments

Representation Of A City: Bakersfield High
Representation Of A City: Bakersfield High A progressive multi-cultural inner city school experiences on-campus violence on 1/25/08. What role should the media play? LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS! By NL Belardes, Bakotopia.com contributor ...
Posted by thenovelist - Wed Jan 30, 2008 14:48:08 PST -- 10 comments

If you think Bakersfield culture scores an F then so do you
If you think Bakersfield culture scores an 'F' then so do you Examining the recent wave of bad press our beloved city has seen. Why the hate? By TheNovelist - N.L. Belardes, Bakotopia.com contributor I was amazed recently when...
Posted by thenovelist - Sun Jan 20, 2008 15:36:45 PST -- 22 comments

Blogging 101
Blogging: An Art Of Identity, Writing And Social Change   By thenovelist / NL Belardes Blogging Is Writing, So Understand Who You Are Who are you? What is your identity? If you identify yourself as solely a...
Posted by thenovelist - Tue Nov 13, 2007 17:52:29 PST -- 2 comments

Cultural diversity in art down by the firehouse
Of course there's ethnic diversity among the firemen of Kern County. But does the giant mural of firemen in downtown Bakersfield represent such multiculturalism? Pride, safety, heroes. That's what I first thought and that's what I...
Posted by thenovelist - Mon Sep 17, 2007 12:02:18 PDT -- 4 comments

Ralph Bailey vs. Dolores Huerta?
Ralph Bailey appeared on ABC23 Monday night for his Two-Minute Take show, this time to talk on the topic of social justice. Really the topic seemed more like Ralph Bailey vs. Dolores Huerta. On a personal level I disagree with...
Posted by thenovelist - Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:57:10 PDT -- 3 comments

Under their spell
You could say that Dirty Spanglish is the perfect band to write the Harry Potter song, “Hots For Hermione.” Pop culture influenced? Likely. “Harry Potter came out when I was in the third grade,” says...
Posted by thenovelist - Sun Aug 26, 2007 16:09:33 PDT -- 7 comments

An Interview with a War Correspondent: Talking about the Novel, Last One In
I had an interesting interview with New York Times reporter Nicholas Kulish who was a war correspondent for the Wall Street Journal. His new book, Last One In is a great satire and comes out July 1st... Here's a bit of our interview:...
Posted by thenovelist - Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:25:37 PDT -- 0 comments

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