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News

I administer the Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest, for the National Space Society and Baen Books. For details of this year's contest go here.

I've recently joined the editorial staff of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, one the best markets out there for...well Heroic Fantasy!  Go read!  Send us your stories!

My horror story "Over the Moon and Running," in issue #8 of Something Wicked, received an excellent review in The Fix:

"To finish on a positive note, perhaps the best story in the issue is by William Ledbetter, who crafts an unusual and emotionally charged tale around elements borrowed from American Indian shapeshifter folklore. (GO HERE and scroll down to the bottom TO READ THE REST)

My interview with Dr. Peter Glaser titled An Energy Pioneer Looks Back is in Ad Astra and can be read here. (page 26 in the print version, page 11 of the PDF)

 

Cons & Events

I'll be attending ConDFW as a panelist, Dallas, TX, February 12-14

I'll be attending Conestoga 14 as a panelist, Tulsa, OK, April 23-25

I'll be attending the International Space Development Conference in Chicago, Illinos May 27-31

I'll be attending SoonerCon 2010 as a panelist, Oklahoma City, June 4-6, 2010