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
The Episode begins with the guys admitting that life was in a pretty tough place. They can't seem to get enough talk on AI in regards to resumes. Patrick breaks into poem. They then dive deeply into Ticketmaster's policy about escalating calls.
About Author Patrick Hare
A performance poet for more than twenty years, Patrick Hare has always redefined the ability of poetry to be a weapon of humor, using a sardonic scalpel in his lang...
Segment 3 of this episode starts with Bruce and Sharon talking about character, and how effective character writing can help make stories strong. Schedule recaps and an examination of theories of extraterrestrial life dominate the discussion in this part of the episode.
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 ...
This segment of the episode kicks off with Sharon's recently read list. Bruce dives into and tries to read the Three Body Problem and talks about his struggles with the read.
Mentioned in this Episode: Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law Mary Roach Gulp: Adventures of the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in t...
This July 2024 episode starts with Bruce and Sharon examining Bruce's writing streak, including Profit and Loss, Profit Motives and Aluminum Magic. Both Bruce and Sharon deep dive of their writing updates.
Mentioned in this Episode: Profit and Loss by Bruce Davis: https://brickcaveclick.com/36oov1d Profit Motives by Bruce Davis: https://brickcaveclick.com/pzxiqgn Aluminum Magic by Bruce Davis: https://brickcaveclick.com/pxsdufg...
Bruce and Sharon roll onward with their recent reads. They then dive into writing updates. This is where Bruce brings updates on Aluminum Magic. Sharon updates on Dating and Demons. They dive into some viewing, mentioning Fallout and the Three Body Problem.
Mentioned in this Episode: The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers The Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune
About Sharon Skinner
Sharon Skinner is the author of numerous books and...
This episode from June of 2024, is the audio only version of Bob's weekly video VLOG. Bob talks about the annual Membership drive from Brick Cave Media. Mentioned in the episode is Profit and Loss from Bruce Davis, now available: https://brickcaveclick.com/36oov1d
Bob then talks about the annual Sci-Fi Saturday and Bookmaze's new 8 store cats. https://www.bookmaze.com/home.html
About Brick Cave Media®
Brick Cave Media is a 21st...
Bruce and Sharon convene in this April 2024 episode, and do what all Arizonan's do, talk about the heat. They then talk about the Mesa Book Festival and its future. They then cover the schedule (2024 edition).
Mentioned in this Episode: Mesa Book Festival: http://mesabookfestival.com Jeff Shaara- The Old Lion P.T. Deutermann- Iso, 26 Charlie Will Thomas- Some Danger Involved The Scapegracers- H.A. Clark A Taste of Gold and I...
Pesky electronic interference popped its ugly head in the April 2024 episode from Marcus and Patrick. While experiencing an active shooter situation, Marcus and Patrick talk about the difference between writing to read your poetry versus writing for your work to be read. They then launch into AI and the horrors of AI in the writing space.
About Author Patrick Hare
A performance poet for more than twenty years, Patrick Hare has alwa...
Patrick kicks off the second part of this episode with a poem and a recap of poetry events that have now all long past. They then dive into Swifties and the repetitive nature pop songs in public spaces. Marcus then shares his love of Conan (the Barbarian, not O'Brien), old school. Patrick then dives into his MAD magazine collection efforts.
About Author Patrick Hare
A performance poet for more than twenty years, Patrick Hare has al...
In part two of this old episode from January of 2024. Bob is correct (even now), there is a lot of audio to be worked through. Bob continues to talk about the idea of submitting manuscripts and the things that authors should keep in mind as they approach submitting their manuscript to publishers.
Three questions every writer should be asking themselves at the point they feel they are ready to submit.
Brick Cave's Submission Process...
In part one of this "tenured" episode from January of 2024. Bob is correct (even now), there is a lot of audio to be worked through. Bob talks about the idea of submitting manuscripts and the things that authors should keep in mind as they approach submitting their manuscript to publishers.
Three questions every writer should be asking themselves at the point they feel they are ready to submit.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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:...
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 ...
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...
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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