I am available for indexing and editing work of all sorts, with availability starting in mid-July 2024. To discuss details and rates, feel free to contact me at molly dot yarn (at) gmail dot com.
“I highly recommend hiring Dr. Yarn for her indexing services. She crafted a practical, detailed, and perceptive index for a collection of twenty essays that I edited. She was careful to anticipate the variety of ways that a reader might think (or wish) to enter the contents of the book via the index. And the resulting index drew substantive connections among chapters in the book that I had not noticed before, offering a new set of exciting itineraries through the chapters than the ones readers might get from reading cover-to-cover, by way of my introduction, or by following their own interests. Dr. Yarn's training as a literary scholar and historian of editing was such a bonus for this project, as was her facility with academic prose. Along the way, she consulted me about options for presenting certain categories of information and was more than willing to go back and forth on the pros and cons of each. She also delivered the index on time and helped spot check page references in proofs. It was a pleasure working with Dr. Yarn!”
Professor Claire M. L. Bourne, Penn State
“Perspicacious and meticulous, Dr. Molly G. Yarn is an outstanding editor. I recently commissioned Dr. Yarn for both developmental and copy editing for my forthcoming monograph. I was consistently impressed with Dr. Yarn’s skill, knowledge, and professionalism. In addition to possessing the copy editor’s careful attention to detail, Dr. Yarn’s perceptive questions and constructive comments allowed me to clarify my monograph’s overarching arguments and structure, and to eliminate needless repetition and tangents. Dr. Yarn brings to her work an impressive knowledge of early modern literature, literary history and transhistorical book history, as well as an elegant prose style: I am fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with this brilliant editor. I recommend Dr. Yarn in the highest terms.”
Professor Heidi Craig, Texas A&M University
“Dr. Yarn prepared the index for my monograph on the history of reading drama in early modern England. It was a joy to work with a scholar who understood the book’s material, was enthusiastic about it, and provided sensible and insightful suggestions regarding the index’s organisation at a point when I could no longer see the wood for the trees. I felt able to trust her totally with this aspect of the book, and was grateful for her patience, clear communication, and professionalism - all while navigating multiple time zones. I recommend her wholeheartedly to anyone requiring a rigorous and astute indexer for a book project.”
Dr. Hannah August, Massey University, NZ