The Brick Cave Podcast

The Brick Cave Podcast

Brick Cave Media publishes and promotes sci-fi, fantasy and poetry. This is our story as told by some of our Authors.

Episodes

August 8, 2025 11 mins

Bruce kicks this segment off with a description of one of his latest stories. Bruce talks about writing science fiction against a Civil War background. They talk about working to stay focused on the current writing projects when new writing projects start pinging trying to intrude. They talk about being at TusCon Science Fiction Convention. They dive into world building and to do it right. 

About Sharon Skinner

Sharon Skinner is th...

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Bruce continues the conversation around Perfidia. He also finished Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe (Alex White), Dial A for Aunties (Jesse Q Sutanto), Legends and Lattes (Travis Baldee) and Red Unicorn: A Supernatural Thriller (Weston Ochse).

Sharon talked about a mini writing retreat she recently was on as well as some of the short story work she is doing. Bruce talked about grinding on the latest Profit Logbook (Profit Motiv...

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August 4, 2025 10 mins

Sharon and Bruce kickThis episode kicks off with another plea for reviews and suggestions to help your favorite authors get traction. Bob intervenes with a mention of new reviews at Frigid Reads: https://www.patreon.com/c/frigidreads/posts

Sharon talks about reading Titanium Noir (Nick Harkway), Remarkably Bright Creatures (Shelby Van Pelt) and Murderbot (Martha Wells) and Yellowface (R.F. Kuang). Bruce mentions Perfidia (James El...

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July 30, 2025 13 mins

Patrick kicks off with a poem about being on a panel at an event. The discussion moves on to space, and the new space suit designs from Prada. Marcus punches out a poem and talks about the people on the plane behind him thinking Arizona looked like an alien landscape. Patrick talks about his son's upcoming schedule of marching band. Marcus spills that the marimba is the key to all instruments.

About Author Patrick Hare

A performanc...

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July 28, 2025 12 mins

Marcus and Patrick return for the October 2023 episode of the podcast. Patrick kicks off with his rogue internet days and getting rich... until he didn't. They check in on Disneyland, and the schemes that the House of Mouse uses to manage ride waiting time. Marcus talks about grappling in San Diego and Jujutsu.

Markus then demands a soundboard to inject sound effects into the podcast.

About Author Patrick Hare

A performance poet fo...

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July 21, 2025 14 mins

Bob again takes over the podcast and talks about the stuff that got in the way of recording episodes. But for the moment, you got Bob.

About Brick Cave Media®

Brick Cave Media is a 21st century book publisher blending traditional publishing acumen with tried and true relationship building to create books that are professionally crafted, fun to read, and impactful to our communities. Books and stories are available online at https:...

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July 14, 2025 16 mins

Bob cheats and records a vlog episode and a podcast episode in one recording. Too bad all the information is two year's old at the time he bothers to release it. *sad face*

About Brick Cave Media®

Brick Cave Media is a 21st century book publisher blending traditional publishing acumen with tried and true relationship building to create books that are professionally crafted, fun to read, and impactful to our communities. Books and ...

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The censorship discussion carries forward. Sharon also mentions Freewater (Amina Luqman-Dawson).  Bruce discusses Shiloh (James Reasoner). Bruce then shares his current novel progress (Profit Motives). The discussion shifts to video content where Bruce shares about the writing of the 1923 series on Amazon Prime.

About Sharon Skinner

Sharon Skinner is the author of numerous books and a number of short stories, including the Tavara T...

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The discussion shifts to educational pathing carries into the second episode. Sharon talks about Another Country (James Baldwin), The Sweetness of Water (Nathan Harris) and Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (Judy Blum). That leads to a story from Bruce about censoring books.

About Sharon Skinner

Sharon Skinner is the author of numerous books and a number of short stories, including the Tavara Tinker Series. Her most recent title...

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Bruce launches into the great review recruiting drive of 2023. They talk about some of the 1 star reviews. They talk about encouraging people to engage them at events. Bruce shares that he has been reading Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn: The Alloy of Law. He also shares his read of Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington).

About Sharon Skinner

Sharon Skinner is the author of numerous books and a number of short stories, including the T...

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Bruce shares about Desert Star (Michael Connelly), The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires (Grady Hendrix) along with some heavy social commentary. Sharon and Bruce both gushed over Every Heart a Doorway (Seanan McGuire). Bruce then shares he had finished his historical fiction manuscript. They each talk about their current writing projects.

About Sharon Skinner

Sharon Skinner is the author of numerous books and a number...

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In this segment Sharon and Bruce talk about what they are reading. Sharon talks about Another Country (James Baldwin), Giving Up the Ghost (Sheri Sinykin), Range (David Epstein) and The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter (Theodora Gross).

About Sharon Skinner

Sharon Skinner is the author of numerous books and a number of short stories, including the Tavara Tinker Series. Her most recent title, The Exile's Gift, is available n...

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Sharon and Bruce share their Mesa Book Festival stores and the future of the Festival. Bruce talks about his post medical plans.They talk about building the next thing, finding the path for passion. They also talk about the Tucson Festival of Books and their experiences there.  

About Sharon Skinner

Sharon Skinner is the author of numerous books and a number of short stories, including the Tavara Tinker Series. Her most recent titl...

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After the slam talk, the guys talk about which Brick Cave books from 2022 stood out to them, including Blood From a Rose by Sharon Skinner. Marcus updates on writing about masculinity. Patrick talks about the challenges of creating new material. Patrick them launches into best and worst SEO practices for webmasters.

About Author Patrick Hare

A performance poet for more than twenty years, Patrick Hare has always redefined the abilit...

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Marcus shares how he planned his tour to learn more about the venues and types of events he would like. Patrick then launches into a new poem, and warns the audience about his score.

"Your hench people leave a little to be desired..."

The guys talk about slam, and doing slams, The Klute, nerd slam and more.

About Author Patrick Hare

A performance poet for more than twenty years, Patrick Hare has always redefined the ability of poet...

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Patrick and Marcus talk Festivals and panels and what constitutes "authority". Marcus brags about his interview track record and they talk about their participation in the Mesa Book Festival. They then talk about marketing, which really have nothing to do with their writing, but whatever.

They also recap Marcus' recent tour for My Identity as a Stereotypical Side Character.

By the way, the coupon for TFOB is expired, because it was...

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Join poets Patrick Hare and Marcus S Campbell as they record the next episode of their Brick Cave Podcast. Covering a wide gamut of topics, literary and otherwise, you are sure to find the listen an engaging and entertaining event.

Poet Marcus Campbell hijacks the podcast to talk about the Terminator movie related to AI. They then cover the idea of live streaming plays and live show etiquate. They talk about poets (not) being in th...

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Join poets Patrick Hare and Marcus S Campbell as they record the next episode of their Brick Cave Podcast. Covering a wide gamut of topics, literary and otherwise, you are sure to find the listen an engaging and entertaining event.

What are they writing? Patrick Hare and Marcus Campbell talk about what they were writing and Patrick's Ghost Poetry Show performances. Marcus talks about creating more interactive elements to a poetry m...

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Join poets Patrick Hare and Marcus S Campbell as they record the next episode of their Brick Cave Podcast. Covering a wide gamut of topics, literary and otherwise, you are sure to find the listen an engaging and entertaining event.

Marcus S Campbell and Patrick Hare talk about the value of Spaces, and they talked about take a poem break. They then talk about the cultural value of the snap as an audience tool. Avoid the cringe cycle...

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Poets Patrick Hare and Marcus Campbell open the episode with talking about the 2022 TusCon Sci-Fi Festival, and their participation in the event. Patrick talks about band's Farewell Tours and his fandom of Elton John. They then dive in whether art should be triggering.

Poets Patrick Hare and Marcus Campbell open the episode with talking about the 2022 TusCon Sci-Fi Festival, and their participation in the event. Patrick talks about...

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