Hanging out with giant zinnias, as you do. 😁
Melanie Faith is an INFJ personality who enjoys doodling, old-school cameras, and spending time with fellow writers and her nieces.
Melanie is excited to teach three courses this fall: a university course on publishing, a poetry course, and Delicious Dish: Writing about Food (beginning Friday, October 10, 2025).
Imagination and possibility are her favorite sidekicks.
Her latest narrative poetry collection, Does It Look Like Her? (February 2024), explores what it means to pursue artistic passion, the personal meanings we overlay onto art and artists in a society not conducive to art-making, ambition at midlife, and the indirect route to so-called overnight success.
Her latest books on craft are: From Promising to Published: A Multi-Genre, Insider’s Guide to the Publication Process (May 2022), Writing It Real: Crafting a Reference Book that Sells (April 2022 Vine Leaves Press), and Writing It Real: Creating an Online Creative-Writing Class for Fun and Profit (February 2022 Vine Leaves Press).
Just for fun: a self-portrait doodle.
Check out her other books on creativity for authors: In a Flash!, Poetry Power, and Photography for Writers.
Her poetry has been set to opera, and her fine-arts photography has appeared on book covers and in juried shows .
Signed copies and other literary and photographic projects also available at Write Path Productions, Melanie’s Etsy page .