Indexing and Editing — Dr. Molly G. Yarn

Any authors make a New Year’s resolution not to index their own book? If so, I’ve got room for you in my schedule! Reach out and we’ll chat!

mollygyarn.com/indexing-and...

The brilliant @grubstreetwomen.bsky.social spreading the word on how issues with the ESTC affect scholarship on women in the book trade.

Hocus Pocus GIF Alt: Hocus Pocus GIF Bette Midler opening a window and summoning her spell book.

Authors, I have availability for indexing jobs until August — get in touch if you’re planning on wrapping up a book this summer!

Here's your reminder to check in early with your press regarding their process and timeline for indexing. If you want someone with subject expertise, start your search for an indexer at least 3 months before you will need to hire them. 1/2

As others have noted, it’s truly wild to see Terry Doughty write this. He is one of the most extreme MAGA judges appointed in Trump’s first term, author of many wacky, hard-right rulings reversed on appeal. When even he is appalled by an illegal deportation—it’s a sign of something. Wow.

Lest We Forget An Introduction to "Denise’s Shoes"

Actual art about actual US history. No stolen NEH grant money required.

They’re taking *our* investment—the money that we spent months writing grants for, the hours and hours we all spent reviewing each others’ work, the money that was supposed to go to libraries and community groups—and blowing it on this nonsense.

So I've got this article which should be coming out in the journal _Shakespeare_ any moment now, but in the meantime - Briefly, it's about a C17 letter preserved in the binding waste of a book now in Hereford Cathedral.

Hi! Are you a US researcher who spent time thinking about humans? Then your work is in danger of censorship and loss. I'm here to walk you through basic self-archiving.

Maybe you think I am being hyperbolic. You only worked on bacteria! Not your problem. Do me a favor and join me anyway.

I hope you enjoy it!!

No Taxation Without Representation or, You Can’t Spell “Unitary Executive” Without “Personal Rule”

My dad @doomcdoo.bsky.social is channeling his rage into a Substack that applies his professional experience in conflict resolution to the current situation. So I contributed a little something.

lol, thanks, Dad!

No Taxation Without Representation or, You Can’t Spell “Unitary Executive” Without “Personal Rule”

My dad @doomcdoo.bsky.social is channeling his rage into a Substack that applies his professional experience in conflict resolution to the current situation. So I contributed a little something.

A screenshot of information about a panel at RSA 2025 called "Milton and the Book." Full text available via this link: https://rsa.confex.com/rsa/2025/meetingapp.cgi/Session/8488

i'm excited to share new work on milton's books at RSA & doubly excited to do so alongside @mgyarn.bsky.social & amrita dhar on a panel sponsored by @bibsocamer.bsky.social!

thanks to @aarontpratt.bsky.social for facilitating & @chrisvvarren.bsky.social for chairing.

please join if you're free! 👇

Apparently I need to reread Middlemarch so that we can write this remake.

Your periodic reminder that if you plan to hire an indexer and/or proofreader for your academic book, you should be looking for them as soon as you get your production schedule (shortly after turning in your final MS). If your publisher doesn’t tell you when to expect typeset proofs, ask!

I wish I could be at MLA to accept my book award, but it’s appropriate, given the category is books by Independent/Contingent Scholars — without institutional support, I can only afford one conference a year. Please cheer loudly if you’re at the ceremony, and I’ll see my SAA/RSA gang in Boston soon!

a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a crowd of people . Alt: Tobias Funke insisting that “there are dozens of us!”

Actually, I know this isn’t strictly true because my mom belongs to an Aubrey-Maturin fan group on Facebook (tell me you’re old without telling me), and I’m sure all 37 of them cry out for this daily.

a man playing a violin while another man plays a guitar Alt: Aubrey and Maturin playing their instruments, then a shot of HMS Surprise sailing away

No one:

Absolutely no one:

Me: Make another Master and Commander movie, you cowards!

Two incorrigible orange cats looking out a window.

We both had to go to the vet separately last week for vomiting. Turns out we were drinking the Christmas tree water.

However, I’d be remiss not to mention the amazing work that came before mine, esp. Ann Thompson, Jeanne Addison Roberts, Sasha Roberts, Laurie Maguire, Gail Marshall, and Valerie Wayne.

An elegant and important book, Shakespeare’s Lady Editors features dazzling archival work that creates an entire field. Yarn’s extraordinary research not only recovers the history of female editors of Shakespeare editions but also discovers details about their lives, reconstructs their efforts to demonstrate their professional skills, and creates a moving story that also reflects on her own assumptions and desires as a chronicler of these neglected writers. Yarn’s research, impressive in its scope and depth, provides an aspirational model for scholars. This clearly written, authoritative volume offers readers new perspectives on editorial work, periodicals studies, gender politics, and the modes by which Shakespeare was transmitted and interpreted over the centuries.

These are the very kind words from the selection committee, full text in alt. “An elegant and important book, Shax’s Lady Editors features dazzling archival work that creates an entire field.”

Thank you!!!

Thank you! For everything!

An orange tabby cat refusing to pose nicely with a stack of books.

I’m so honored that Shakespeare’s Lady Editors is the co-winner of the 2024 MLA Prize for Contingent Faculty and Independent Scholars! Please check it out, and enjoy this Uncooperative Cat outtake in celebration.

www.cambridge.org/us/universit...

News - Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies - Research at Kent

Exciting PhD Opportunity! Come join @memsunikent.bsky.social for a CHASE-funded collaborative doctoral award with Westminster Abbey to investigate the manuscript fragments held in the Abbey’s Archives. Learn more at the link below, deadline to apply 17 Feb 2025 📜🎉
research.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...

Oxford relying on ‘Deliveroo-style’ contracts with most tutorials not taught by full-time staff Leading university accused of relying on young academics employed on gig-economy terms

This is actually full of good reporting on casualization of UKHE at even the most prestigious institutions. And the fact that the Observer pressed Christ Church directly on ad wording, and then reported on the college's sidestepping is nothing short of astonishing.

Hello, new people! Super glad you’re here! I’ll try to catch up on follows, but in the meantime, I just went to Australia, so here’s a picture of me with a kangaroo!

Indexing and Editing — Dr. Molly G. Yarn

Academic authors - did you, during the halcyon days of summer, think, sure, I can index my own book during the school year, and are now experiencing a sinking feeling as reality sets in? If so, I can help! I have openings for index jobs throughout the year.

mollygyarn.com/indexing-and...

The "Falttafel" of 1782 is part of a book titled "Sammlung verschiedener nützlicher Lesübungen..." (VD18 12041491-001), and can be found here between pp. 151 and 152: https://www.bavarikon.de/object/bav:UBA-HSB-00000BAV80014690

The "Falttafel" of 1782 is part of a book titled "Sammlung verschiedener nützlicher Lesübungen..." (VD18 12041491-001), and can be found here between pp. 151 and 152: https://www.bavarikon.de/object/bav:UBA-HSB-00000BAV80014690

This is highly useful if you work with #earlymodern books of all kinds: a compiled and explained set of contemporary abbreviations. From apothecaries' weights to signs for half moon moments in almanacs. Boost, #bookhistory and #skystorians looking for abbreviations of the past. 🗃️