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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Join authors Sharon Skinner and Bruce Davis as they record the next episode of their Brick Cave Podcast. Covering a wide gamut of literary topics, you are sure to find the listen an engaging and entertaining event.
Authors Bruce Davis and Sharon Skinner talk about ending books, and avoiding a cliffhanger while still reaching a good closing point. Sharon then talks about why she is a book coach and why she is one. They engage in a d...
Join authors Sharon Skinner and Bruce Davis as they record the next episode of their Brick Cave Podcast. Covering a wide gamut of literary topics, you are sure to find the listen an engaging and entertaining event.
In this segment, authors Sharon Skinner and Bruce Davis update on the progress in writing. Bruce specifically talks to writing historical fiction in the moments where history doesn't provide much context. Bruce then talk...
Join authors Sharon Skinner and Bruce Davis as they record the next episode of their Brick Cave Podcast. Covering a wide gamut of literary topics, you are sure to find the listen an engaging and entertaining event.
This episode that was recorded on October 20, 2022, features Bruce Davis and Sharon Skinner. I this episode they talk about the new books that they each are releasing, Blood From a Rose and Silver Magic from Bruce Davis....
Patrick starts the segment with a story from the old times and how he dressed for success. Marcus then dives into the recent author post that no one had come to their reading. Marcus then shares his own story from his first poetry tour that would make you cringe. Patrick shared that he would take the. Risk of reading a piece right after writing it, a risk that did not always pay off.
Things and people that get mentioned:
The segment starts with Marcus launching reminding said pop culture provider should be for the kids. The conversation shifts to the Mesa Book Festival and Patrick warns the kids not to read his book and they bring up the value of New Age Marketing, aka The Streisand Effect. Marcus dives into panel scheduling for the Festival.
Things and people that get mentioned:
Johnny Cash: https://youtu.be/tfp2O9ADwGk?si=P-TFE9q2gBwh5c3T
Marcus and Patrick dive a little deeper into the treatment of intellectual property. Patrick catches up with his experience seeing Elton John with the family. The conversation then shifts to music genres and Marcus really wants to see AOR return. Patrick then rips up a poem featuring our favorite pop culture provider. We do get a little phone interference towards the end of the segment.
Things and people that get mentioned:
Patrick and Marcus talk about their appearance at TusCon Science Fiction Convention. They talk about what makes a person a professional vs amateur. They dive in to the value of the title versus the first line. In contrast, they talk about last lines and how the last line and be just as important as the first.
Ed Note- Marcus mentions Tucson Festival of Books, but means TusCon.
Things and people that get mentioned:
Bruce and Sharon pivot to chatting about the publishing of short work. And the rise of the novelette. Bruce takes pride in his work figuring out the Anatomist’s Apprentice. Sharon continues her tour of Peter Pan inspired books. They talk about the upcoming release of Silver magic, Bruce’s next title. Bruce also updates his progress on Proud Waves Be Stilled, his upcoming historical fiction.
Things and people that get mentioned:
Sharon and Bruce catch up following Thanksgiving 2022 and talk about their panels at TusCon, including panels of writing PTSD in your work and another about reading scientific studies.
Ed note: Bruce references Val “Kitteman” but we think he meant Val McDermid.
Things and people that get mentioned:
- https://johnaconnell.com
- https://www.valmcdermid.com
- https://alixeharrow.wixsite.com/author
- https://tusconscificon.com/
Thi...
In this special audio pull from Bob's sort of maybe weekly vlog about happenings at Brick Cave, Bob covers the closing days of the Brick Cave Book Club Membership Drive for 2024. More details here: https://brickcave.media/index.php/news-blogs/172-the-2024-brick-cave-media-membership-drive
Updates on the status of Profit and Loss from Bruce Davis: https://brickcave.media/index.php/authors/bruce-davis?types[0]=1
Bob also talks abou...
Bruce and Sharon shift gears to their non fiction readings, including The Emperor of All Ailments month others. Sharon shares her love of Liquid Death and Bruce admits that he has discovered ultra caffeinated coffee. There is also some discussion about Barnes and Noble not stocking hard back books. They talk about print on demand, and Bruce postulates that POD machines should become localized.
Things that get mentioned: https://si...
The third part of the episode sees Bruce and sharon continuing to share their current reads, such as the Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison among others..
Things that get mentioned: https://www.katherineaddison.com/books https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/author/tessa-harris/ https://douglasstarr.com https://redwombatstudio.com https://nicolagriffith.com
This episode was recorded August 25, 2022.
Join authors Sharon Skinner and...
In the second part of this episode, Bruce and Sharon talk about book awards and their relevancy. They talk about how different awards are decided, based on their structure. They also talk about the blurring lines of category and genre.
Things that get mentioned: https://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecott https://www.thehugoawards.org https://www.otherscribbles.com https://andyweirauthor.com https://natalielloyd...
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