steve boyett | August 28, 2009
I’m off to Burning Man in two days. Am I ready? Yukkity yuk yuk. I still have to Playa-proof my laptop, pack, make a sign for my friend Scott’s brilliant Karma Box art project, launch two podcasts (one of which begins an ad campaign), take our parrots to be boarded (a line I can only [...]
steve boyett | August 25, 2009
ARIEL is officially released today. Cory Doctorow, bless him, released a Boingboing piece on it this morning. Weirdly, I went to Barnes & Noble yesterday to pick up a copy of Cory’s short story collection OVERCLOCKED, because I’ve been reading his essays on intellectual property in the digital age for a while now, and after [...]
steve boyett | August 23, 2009
Sunday
I know there’s a ton of stuff I ought to mention about my time at Worldcon that will go by the wayside here. The truth is that I’m not a very good documetarian. I’m usually so involved in what I’m doing that I forget to record it. I forget to take pictures (so that later [...]
steve boyett | August 21, 2009
Saturday
Two panels on podcasting and a panel called “Textbooks of the Future.” The podcasting panels were interesting. Mostly attended by people seeking technical and strategic information, of which there was a wealth to draw upon from the panelists. But it was a bit odd for me because most people were concerned with podcasting their fiction [...]
steve boyett | August 20, 2009
Part One: Friday
It was a series of close calls even getting to Montreal; someone T-boned a CHP on the 405 Freeway and one of the busiest stretches of road in the world got shut down to one lane. A normally 45-minute trip to LAX took nearly two hours, and I was grateful it wasn’t longer. [...]
steve boyett | August 19, 2009
Sci Fi Hi Fi
Recorded live at the World Science Fiction Convention Montreal where I DJ’d the Sunday night dance on August 9. 90 minutes long. You can play it here on the site or download & play wherever you like. Sorry, no set list yet.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Download: Sci Fi Hi Fi [...]
steve boyett | August 16, 2009
This will be my third year at the Burning Man festival. I’ll be running around all over the place, but I’ll also be DJing the following:
—Tuesday, Sept. 2 – The Duck Pond (9:00 & Plaza) – 5 – 7 PM
—Friday, Sept. 5 – Nautilus X Art Car (mobile) – 9 PM – Sunrise
I will try [...]
steve boyett | August 16, 2009
Mignon Fogarty (better known as Grammar Girl) conducted an hour-long interview with me for her “Behind the Grammar” podcast. We talked about my upcoming books and the ways podcasting has influenced how I’ve tried to use new media to make the expeience of the books more inclusive and connective for readers, and about the state [...]
steve boyett | August 16, 2009
Schwag, Schwag, Schwag
I have some gorgeous bookmarks and 4 x 6 doublesided flyers for ARIEL & ELEGY BEACH. Email me and I’ll let you know where you can send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to get some mailed to you.
steve boyett | August 11, 2009
ARIEL
Chapters 1, 2, and 7 are now available on the ARIEL website, You can read them on the site, download PDFs, or download ePub format for e-book readers (MobiPocket, Stanza, etc.) The first Audiobook chapter should be available on the “Listen” page of the website by the end of the week. I’m over the moon [...]
