Melissa Yi (Yuan-Innes)

Happy holidays!

Is it possible to retire from writing?
Do you want to?
Many wise writers weigh in here, my cover story for Write Magazine with the Writers' Union of Canada: writersunion.ca/sites/defaul...

Guess who's the top blogger of 2025 at @themedicalpost.bsky.social? Congrats to all winners!
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THE MESDAMES 2025 YEAR END BOOK REVIEW Happy Holidays, Dear Readers! Winter has arrived, and the Holidays are just around the corner. Books make great gifts. What’s more wonderful than snuggling up to a book or story by the fabulo…

Books for the holidays! Hooray for the Mesdames of Mayhem! mesdamesofmayhem.com/2025/12/10/t... #mystery #thriller #romance #nonfiction #canada

Pride and Prejudice between an artist and a tech bro in Dildo, Newfoundland. Kickstart the book until Nov 6. Includes original, human-made art. No AI.
#BSNM #janeausten #romancebooks www.kickstarter.com/projects/mel...

Same for me for writing.
Drawing is hard for me too, but I don't try at it.
Ice skating. Now THAT'S hard and humiliating for me, but a little fun too!

Do you have tips on cooking in the rice cooker? I'm afraid it would get all mushy

Our dog, Roxy, is home from surgery, and doing well. I love her so much. #dogsofbluesky #dogs

Ahh, dogs & horses 💕

Can I get $30 for gas? My dad is the sole provider for my family and he needs gas money to get to work tomorrow!!

#HelpSky #HelpFolksLive2025 #MutualAid #Disabled #DisabilityCrowdfund 💕💸

I feel like this sometimes about writing. But we're going to fight. Right?

The French (Bulldog) Connection (by Melissa Yi) Credit: Melissa Yi I love dogs. I love my first dog, Olo, who would wait up at 1 a.m. to greet me when I came home from my ER shift. I love my now-dog Roxy, whom I adored from the first moment she …

Who loves #dogs? And #mysteries? Thanks to Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine for publishing this--and "For Love and Bacon"! trace-evidence.net/2025/10/21/t... #shortstories

Pride & Prejudice x Schitt's Creek! #Queer artist Lixie defies D'Arcy the tech billionaire, in small town Dildo, #Newfoundland 🇨🇦. 3 covers. When you back on #kickstarter, dogs get treats!
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#prideandprejudice #janeausten #romance #romancebooks #canada #romcom

"Something's eating my brain."
Dr. Hope Sze begins her neurology rotation on the day that a Cthulhu-worshipping cult has sworn to end the world. What could go wrong? Killing Me Slothly books2read.com/b/slothly
Thanks, Krista!

So. Many. Things. Wrong. In. Medical. Shows.

Luckily, the Crime Writers of Canada asked me, an emergency physician, to give a talk on how to get it right! 7 pm ET.

If you’re not a member, join me tomorrow through the Canadian Authors’ partnership with SF Canada canadianauthors.org/national/pro...

© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved.

I love this interview. Thank you so much to #CBC's #Ontario Morning and Nav Nanwa for inviting me, "the Asian Nancy Drew" Edan Sze, and The Red Rock #Killer! www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #YA #mystery #book #novel

This is going to be awesome!

Thank you, Paula! Can't wait!

Congrats! I just made a graphic for us for Readers' Choice too!

Eek! THE RED ROCK KILLER made the Killer Nashville Readers' Choice ballot. My first time.
Double eek! Voting closes at midnight.
Anyone with an email address can vote five favourites.
Good luck to all!
www.killernashville.com/killer-nashv....
#mysterybooks #thrillerbooks #killernashville #vote

"I thought my life had ended when I broke my knee," Candela said. "And then to lose my skate on top of it!" She gazed at Jake, a smile breaking across her face. "But the skate brought me you. What is your name?" On a fake date for the charity ball, will the hockey team captain find his Cinderella? ICING DOWN BY MELISSA YI Cover image is a cartoon of a male hockey player holding a hockey stick and a woman using crutches to walk in the snow

#DisabilityPrideMonth featured creative: Emergency physician and award-winning author, @melissayi.bsky.social is also the guest of S1,Ep3 of the Disabled Crone podcast! Her third book of the Glengarry Guards series, Icing Down, is out now! www.amazon.ca/dp/B0DV4Y2F4X #Romance #BookSky

NEWS FLASH: Upcoming August Events! Record hot temperatures outside, Readers. The intrepid Mesdames are beating the heat with terrific events. Read on! FINGERS CROSSED FOR AWARDS AT KILLER NASHVILLE Congrats to Mme Marilyn Kay, whose…

Marilyn Kay is eligible for the Killer Nashville best investigator manuscript!
Sylvia Warsh and I are are eligible for the KN Readers' Choice Award, which closes for voting August 18th lnkd.in/eyGqbEzy
I'll appear at Readers Take Cornwall August 17th!
mesdamesofmayhem.com/2025/08/14/n...
Yahoo!

Zuckerberg's Theives https://www.realityskimming.com/post/zuckerberg-s-thieves

For everyone fighting against #AI:
Especially #writers and #artists, but really, anyone who'd rather help 99.99999999% of the world instead of billionaires.
Fight the power.
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Yay, I hit #1 IN MURDER!
On all platforms and in paperback!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0173W0642
Apple: apple.co/3H4hsBR
Kobo www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
Google play.google.com/store/books/...
B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/stockholm-...
#thrillerbooks #thrillerreads #mystery #criime #stockholmsyndrome

Hi Fredlet, there will be a complete collection called Home Ice, not on Amazon. Thanks for asking!

Two doctors. One killer. One woman in labour. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0173W0642

Inspired by a true crime.
The links to spare you the work!

Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0173W0642

Apple: apple.co/3H4hsBR

Kobo: store.kobobooks.com/en-CA/ebook/...

Google play play.google.com/store/books/...

B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/stockholm-...

Bookbub www.bookbub.com/books/stockh...

Stockholm Syndrome: The Killer. The woman in labour. And the doctor who stands between them. https://www.bookbub.com/books/stockholm-syndrome-by-melissa-yi?ebook_deal

I wrote about one of my worst nightmares: a killer vs. a woman in labour. How can Dr. Hope Sze save them all? Stockholm Syndrome is FREE today! #thriller #thrillerbooks #mystery #crime #books #BSNM

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Bill 5: A Moment to Mobilize for Nature in Ontario Urge Premier Ford to end the attacks on Endangered Species and to stop Bill 5.

#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory

Endangered species in Ontario are under threat in the form of Bill 5.

If passed, it would scrap the ESA & create “special economic zones” where developers are exempt from provincial regulations. It also could trample Indigenous rights.

ontarionature.org/bill-5-a-mom...

Crime Writers For Trans Rights Auction by Cynthia ChowOver 100 crime fiction writers, ranging from award winners to international bestsellers, and other writers who joined our effort, are participating in an auction to benefit the Transgen...

Yay, crime writers raising money for trans rights. Win--win! kingsriverlife.com/03/25/crime-...

If you want a handsome mountain man to protect you, we've got you covered. #romance #freebies #bluecollar #alpha #giveaway #bookfunnel
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