84. Melissa Yuan-Innes: From medical doctor to fantasy author

Melissa Yuan-Innes (WOTF 16) loved reading and writing as a child. She was taught to play "the safe" game for her career. So she put off being a writer. Instead, she became a medical doctor working as an emergency room doctor. That accomplished, she returned to seriously addressing her writing and has gone on to publish nearly 15 novels in SF, Fantasy, and Medical Thrillers (as Melissa Yi). At her Writers of the Future Workshop, Tim Powers told her that she had to ground him with all five senses to get him to believe. Immerse me in your environment to make me accept the fantastic. Taking this to heart, she has certainly accomplished this as in the short story - a good Melissa primer - "Fairy Tales are for White People" https://www.amazon.com/Fairy-Tales-are-White-People-ebook/dp/B01L6EDECE Find her books at melissayuaninnes.wordpress.com