Chronicler of bookwomen (misc.) Currently 17thC women printers. Previously SHAKESPEARE'S 'LADY EDITORS' (CUP). Freelance indexer/editor/researcher. A remarkably Independent Scholar.https://bsky.app/profile/mgyarn.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mgyarn.bsky.social/post/3mchtzsslrk2eAny 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! https://mollygyarn.com/indexing-and-editing15 Jan 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:sca7mgdo7sltlhs4dcl2avgm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mchtzsslrk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mgyarn.bsky.social/post/3lt2v7msjcc2uThe brilliant @grubstreetwomen.bsky.social spreading the word on how issues with the ESTC affect scholarship on women in the book trade. https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-jems/article/view/1651703 Jul 2025 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:sca7mgdo7sltlhs4dcl2avgm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt2v7msjcc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mgyarn.bsky.social/post/3loy4klkqjs2rAuthors, I have availability for indexing jobs until August — get in touch if you’re planning on wrapping up a book this summer! https://media.tenor.com/fTPyq2pD63sAAAAC/hocus-pocus.gif?hh=274&ww=49812 May 2025 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:sca7mgdo7sltlhs4dcl2avgm/app.bsky.feed.post/3loy4klkqjs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mgyarn.bsky.social/post/3lnnadz5l522iActual art about actual US history. No stolen NEH grant money required. https://open.substack.com/pub/douglasyarn/p/lest-we-forget?r=1g8h2i&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email25 Apr 2025 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:sca7mgdo7sltlhs4dcl2avgm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnnadz5l522ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mgyarn.bsky.social/post/3lkb5k2vlqc2lMy 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. https://douglasyarn.substack.com/p/no-taxation-without-representation?publication_id=3288675&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=1g8h2i&utm_medium=email13 Mar 2025 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:sca7mgdo7sltlhs4dcl2avgm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkb5k2vlqc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mgyarn.bsky.social/post/3lkb5k2vlqc2lMy 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. https://douglasyarn.substack.com/p/no-taxation-without-representation?publication_id=3288675&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=1g8h2i&utm_medium=email13 Mar 2025 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:sca7mgdo7sltlhs4dcl2avgm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkb5k2vlqc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mgyarn.bsky.social/post/3lfcuyqf66s2fI 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!09 Jan 2025 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:sca7mgdo7sltlhs4dcl2avgm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfcuyqf66s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mgyarn.bsky.social/post/3lfaggymkx22yNo one: Absolutely no one: Me: Make another Master and Commander movie, you cowards! https://media.tenor.com/Rlob7rerwxMAAAAC/master-and-commander.gif?hh=373&ww=49808 Jan 2025 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:sca7mgdo7sltlhs4dcl2avgm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfaggymkx22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mgyarn.bsky.social/post/3lcxx4g7kic2aI’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. https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/literature/renaissance-and-early-modern-literature/shakespeares-lady-editors-new-history-shakespearean-text?format=PB10 Dec 2024 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:sca7mgdo7sltlhs4dcl2avgm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcxx4g7kic2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mgyarn.bsky.social/post/3lamb6yobar2nHello, 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!10 Nov 2024 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:sca7mgdo7sltlhs4dcl2avgm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lamb6yobar2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mgyarn.bsky.social/post/3kz7jmxzcgb2eAcademic 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. https://mollygyarn.com/indexing-and-editing08 Aug 2024 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:sca7mgdo7sltlhs4dcl2avgm/app.bsky.feed.post/3kz7jmxzcgb2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mgyarn.bsky.social/post/3l6zkn3em5v2hI’ve read every word of Adam’s book three times (in other words, indexed it) and can promise you that it’s EXCELLENT. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Oct 2024 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:sca7mgdo7sltlhs4dcl2avgm/app.bsky.feed.post/3l6zkn3em5v2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mgyarn.bsky.social/post/3l6s22727zq27Georgians, please vote early!18 Oct 2024 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:sca7mgdo7sltlhs4dcl2avgm/app.bsky.feed.post/3l6s22727zq27https://bsky.app/profile/mgyarn.bsky.social/post/3l52tposw752fSHAKESPEARE’S LADY EDITORS is now available in paperback! And even more insanely affordable at £23/$30! #bookhistory https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/literature/renaissance-and-early-modern-literature/shakespeares-lady-editors-new-history-shakespearean-text?format=PB26 Sep 2024 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:sca7mgdo7sltlhs4dcl2avgm/app.bsky.feed.post/3l52tposw752fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mgyarn.bsky.social/post/3l4h23a6lft22From Eric Rasmussen and myself, new evidence and observations on Shakespeare’s handwriting in Sir Thomas More, out now in PBSA. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/73151518 Sep 2024 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:sca7mgdo7sltlhs4dcl2avgm/app.bsky.feed.post/3l4h23a6lft22https://bsky.app/profile/mgyarn.bsky.social/post/3l26zq4twsc2yI’ve been waiting a long time for being a Georgia Democrat to be fun again. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2024 02:01 +0000at://did:plc:sca7mgdo7sltlhs4dcl2avgm/app.bsky.feed.post/3l26zq4twsc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mgyarn.bsky.social/post/3kzcqine4c32dExcuse me?09 Aug 2024 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:sca7mgdo7sltlhs4dcl2avgm/app.bsky.feed.post/3kzcqine4c32dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mgyarn.bsky.social/post/3kz7jmxzcgb2eAcademic 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. https://mollygyarn.com/indexing-and-editing08 Aug 2024 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:sca7mgdo7sltlhs4dcl2avgm/app.bsky.feed.post/3kz7jmxzcgb2e