Tools of the Trade: Cut and Paste

What to do when content comes in a wild and disorganized mass… Sometimes I take a weekend to “write in the far away” (to adapt Georgia O’Keefe’s  reference to “painting in the far away”). Content comes quickly. Sometimes it comes in a remarkably organized...
Tools of the Trade: Paper Management

Tools of the Trade: Paper Management

I’ve had a lot of client inquiries about the not-so-simple task of managing all the physical paper we still use in the writing process–and how to manage multiple digital draft files too. Here are the tools I use to help organize myself on a daily basis. Index...

Apparently I Write Like I Garden

The old Zen Koan appears to hold true: The way you do one thing, is the way you do everything. To help me get out of my office once in a while, I am completing coursework for a Permaculture Design program. For the moment, that means I’ve developed a number of...

Kirkus Reviews Praises a Montana Coauthor Title

“Yearman’s remembrance…is poignant, filled with vivid details but unembellished by maudlin sentiment. She allows the genuine power of her autobiographical drama to speak for itself. ” So states a recent Kirkus Review posting about “Don’t...