​Who is Melody R. Green?
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My earliest desire was to read.

I knew those things called books had magic in them – with lands to explore, adventures to have, knowledge and wisdom to attain – and I couldn't wait to read as many as I could get my hands on.

My eyes were drawn to the squiggles called words, and I lost myself amongst the pages.

I would read anywhere and everywhere. I was never without a book. And yet I was hopeless at writing when I was a child and teenager. I would stare at the blank page and not know what to write.


So it was rather a mid-life epiphany to wake up one morning and say I was going to be an author, but this is what I did when I turned 40.

I didn't start writing fiction or poetry until some years later, but I did write tertiary training manuals. This was excellent training because it helped me work to a book structure and see books in terms of projects, in much the same way I had done as a professional singer in my 20's when I performed in musicals and founded an opera company.

Creativity needs a structure and discipline, and my years as a musician had given me these skills. So I had been preparing myself all along to be a writer, even though I didn't know it at the time. 

I've noticed that about writing. Like a good wine, it needs excellent fruit, good containers in which to hold it, a maturation period that is different for each project, and a quiet space for dreams, magic, and alchemy to happen.

​Books, where would we be without them?

I work as the Happy Life Mentor assisting clients live a happier life, when I'm not writing.
​I live in Sydney, Australia, collect tarot cards, teacups and teapots... and my favourite meal is of course, Afternoon Tea!