Hi, I’m Melanie Saward. I’m a Brisbane-based writer, editor, and marketer. I am descended from the Bigambul and Wakka Wakka people.

(my mate is Archie. We’re kind of a package deal)

I achieved my BFA in Creative Writing Production from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in 2009 and a Post-Graduate Certificate in Writing, Editing, and Publishing from The University of Queensland (UQ) in 2011. I am completing a Master of Fine Arts (Research) at QUT and will graduate in 2019. I have experience across a number of different writing and publishing areas including:

• Working in-house at HarperCollins Publishers Australia in fiction and children’s books
• Writing, editing, manuscript assessments, and proofreading
• Tutoring and lecturing university students in various writing, editing, and publishing subjects across the Queensland University of Technology and The University of Queensland
• Mentoring emerging writers
• Blogging
• Writing bios for performers
• Corporate communications and marketing

I have a special interest in mentoring emerging writers, and currently work as a sessional academic at both QUT and UQ.

When I’m not writing, editing, mentoring, or reading, I can usually be found in the kitchen baking something sweet, or taking Archie on adventures around Brisbane.

Credits:
image of me and Archie taken by Jill Kerswill Photography
blog header created for Little Red Writes by CoffeeCat Creative