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Beautiful Aranna Navna plans to conquer the galaxy one planet at a time. She steals the Awesome Lavratt, a mind control device, from a freighter in Horace Whistlestop's junkyard. She takes Horace, too. With the Lavratt, Aranna manipulates the thoughts and desires of everyone around her—until she gets to the Emperor of Calistania. Then things go from bad to worse for Aranna.
The Lavratt, however, has only just begun! Oh, the fun you can have from a small cube with mind control powers. Travel the galaxy with Tyrantz Lavratt. Silly science fiction at its best. All puns intended. Reviews and blurbs The Book Smugglers use words like "wicked sense of humor", "brilliant", "genius", "quirky", "off beat"... A Journey of Books said Awesome Lavratt "was funny, lighthearted and thoroughly entertaining. Wilkes has a great way with creating depth to her characters and adding realism to the story." "Quirky and twisted, with a surprise around every corner (for you and her characters!), Awesome Lavratt leaves you grinning--and hoping for more." - Pauline Baird Jones, The Key, Winner, Dream Realm Award "Awesome Lavratt is a fun ride on a spaceship of fools. Great characters, wonderful humor. Can't wait to see Ann Wilkes' next venture into the outer galaxies of her imagination." - Shelley Singer, Shamus nominee and author of Blackjack (as Lee Singer) |
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JANUARY
7 Word by Word on KRCB (FM 91) at 7PM. Stream live at KRCB online.
10 RWC presents Jumpstart, Odd Month Reading. 2-4 PM Rincon Valley library, Santa Rosa, CA.
18 Literary Cafe, noon, Coffee Catz, Sebastopol, CA
25 Awesome Lavratt book launch at Borders in Santa Rosa (Santa Rosa Ave. location) at 3PM. Download PDF flier.
FEBRUARY
12 Barnes & Nobles, Kennewick, WA, 7PM.
13-15 Radcon, Pasco, WA
MARCH
14 The March Hare's Literary Tea, Sebastopol Library, Sebastopol, CA, 2-4PM. I'll be emcee. Not reading, but books will be available.
APRIL
MAY
22-25 BayCon, Santa Clara, CA
30 Celebrate Poetry Month one month late at Redwood Writers' Odd Month Reading, Healdsburg Library, Healdsburg, CA, 2-4PM. I'm emcee. Not reading, but books will be available.
JUNE
27 With Tom Wyrsch, the man behind the Creature Features documentary, Watch Horror Films, Keep America Strong! The Comic Book Box, Rohnert Park, CA, 1-4PM.
JULY
2 "Exploring 'What ifs' to unleash riveting stories'" at the San Ramon library in San Ramon, CA at 7PM. Free admission.
31-8/2 SpoCon, Spokane, WA
AUGUST
1-2 Spocon, Spokane, WA
4 Cyberspace 101 for Authors, Petaluma, CA. This is the first in the series, Navigating Cyberspace for Authors, I'm presenting for Redwood Writers. Download flier.
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
2-4 SiliCon 2009, Heroes and Villains, San Jose, CA
24 Redwood Branch of the California Writers Club 2009 Conference, Flamingo Hotel, Santa Rosa, CA presenting "Developing Your Online Presence", 3:15 PM
29-Nov. 1 World Fantasy Convention
NOVEMBER
21 A Novel Idea, Rohnert Park Library, Rohnert Park, CA, 2-4PM. I'll be emcee and reading. Copies of Awesome Lavratt and books by other readers will be available. Download flier.
DECEMBER
More dates to follow (and possibly precede). When I master time travel, chronological order will be meaningless.
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