Mystic Ink, Publisher of Spiritual, Shamanic, Transcendent Works, and Phantastic Fiction

Feb 03 2025 136 ep. 48 mins
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Mystic Ink Publishing is an independent publisher focusing on works of a spiritual, shamanic, new age, or transcendent nature as well as dramatic works of Phantastic Fiction © in the paranormal genres of magical realism, horror, supernatural thrillers, and science fiction.

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Chapter One of THE HUMMINGBIRD WHISPERER - Mystic Ink Publishing

Feb 03 2025 10 mins  
ONEJeanette Driscoll opened her sparkling blue eyes, stretched out on the bed, and brushed back her long blonde hair before resting her head on her husband Ted’s chest. Tall, sandy-haired, and blue-eyed like his wife, Ted’s muscular frame complemented her model’s figure. Their friends and Ted’s colleagues where he worked as head of research and development at Bliss Pharmace

Mystic Ink Publishing Voices of the Masters Series - Santa Barbara Writers Conference 2024 - Mary Otis

Jan 30 2025 40 mins  
Mary Otis is the author of Burst, longlisted for the 2024 Joyce Carol Oates Prize and winnerof the 2023 Silver Medal in Literary Fiction from the Independent Book Publisher Awards.The moving debut novel explores the relationship complexities between mothers anddaughters. She’s also the author of Yes, Yes Cherries, a collection of short stories author LorrieMoore called “funny,

Mystic Ink Publishing Voices of the Masters Series - Santa Barbara Writers Conference 2024 - Poetry Reading - David Starkey & Emma Trelles

Jan 01 2025 40 mins  
David Starkey, Santa Barbara’s 2009-2011 Poet Laureate, Founding Director of the Creative Writing Program at SBCC, and the Publisher/Co-editor of Gunpowder Press, published 11 full length collections of poetry and more than 500 poems in literary journals. His novel Poor Ghost was released in March 2024.Emma Trelles Santa Barbara Poet Laureate 2021-2023, received an Established Ar

Mystic Ink Publishing Voices of the Masters Series - Santa Barbara Writers Conference 2024 - Short Story Panel Moderated by Karen Ford, including Max Talley, Matthew J. Pallamary, Melodie Johnson Howe, Catherine Ann Jones, and Lisa Cupolo

Dec 08 2024 63 mins  
Moderator Karen K. Ford, SBWC workshop leader, is an award-winning author of short fiction whose honors include top prizes from Narrative and bosque. Her work has been shortlisted for the Tobias Wolff Fiction Award and the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Prize and anthologized in Ginosko. Karen lives in Southern California, with her rescue mutt, Dude, where she is a freelance editor a

Mystic Ink Publishing Voices of the Masters Series - Santa Barbara Writers Conference 2024 -Trey Dowell - The Art of the Query

Nov 28 2024 138 mins  
The Art of the QueryTrey Dowell is a novelist and a short story aficionado. His expertise in writing effective query letters has helped numerous writers get their projects reviewed by agents and publishers.In this presentation Trey focused on sparking curiosity and building anticipation. Proven query strategies and methods were discussed. Attendees brought their in-progress queries

Mystic Ink Publishing Voices of the Masters Series - Santa Barbara Writers Conference 2024 - Be Your Own Best Publicist - Melinda Palacio & Lida Sideris

Nov 18 2024 129 mins  
Be Your Own Best PublicistMelinda Palacio & Lida SiderisThis session offers wisdom from the trenches from award-winning authors on promoting your project. You’ll get practical marketing advice on aspects of building an author platform and putting yourself and your book out there.Melinda Palacio is an award-winning poet, author, and speaker. She’s the current Poet Laureate o

Mystic Ink Publishing Voices of the Masters Series - Santa Barbara Writers Conference 2024 - Antoine Wilson

Nov 10 2024 48 mins  
Antoine Wilson’s most recent novel Mouth to Mouth was featured on Barack Obama’sSummer Reading List and was a finalist for The Scotiabank Giller Prize, the CALIBA GoldenPoppy Award, and the Prix Fitzgerald. Antoine is also the author of the novels Panorama Cityand The Interloper, and he is a contributing editor of the literary magazine A Public Space. He’sa graduate of the Io

Mystic Ink Publishing Voices of the Masters Series - Santa Barbara Writers Conference 2024 - Zohreh Ghahremani

Oct 31 2024 16 mins  
Zohreh Ghahremani writes for both adults and children. Her debut picture book, MemoryGarden, illustrated by her daughter, Susie, was published by Godwin Books/Macmillan in 2024,with another picture book about Norooz/Persian New Year to follow in 2026. She publishedher first novel, Sky of Red Poppies, in 2010. Her sophomore novel, The Moon Daughter, wonWriter’s Digest Book Awards

Mystic Ink Publishing Voices of the Masters Series - Santa Barbara Writers Conference 2024 - Poetry Panel

Oct 11 2024 60 mins  
Moderator, Perie Longo, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate, 2007-2009, has published 4 books of poetry, the latest Baggage Claim (2014) and poems in numerous literary journals. This June will be her 40th year teaching poetry at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference. She’s thrilled and awed to be still poeting and standing.Melinda Palacio, current Santa Barbara Poet Laureate, is an award-

Mystic Ink Publishing Voices of the Masters Series - Santa Barbara Writers Conference 2024 - Orientation & Welcome

Oct 05 2024 71 mins  
To everyone who has attended the Santa Barbara Writers Conference and are now part of our tribe of scribes, here is the first post of the audio from the 2024 conference.For those of you who have recently discovered the conference and are considering attending, we will be posting the audio periodically so you can get a sense of this amazing week long experience which has been going