Digging in the Dirt of Life
Scattered, Episode 16 is now live! Listen to find out more as I talk to Dr. Shari Forbes about her human decomposition facility in Canada and our work on the Scavenging Project. https://yvonnekjorlien.com/.../scattered-episode-16-the.../ You can listen and subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Play. If you would like to be involved... Continue Reading →
I was at a Project Management Institute (PMI) conference last week. Why? To maintain my Project Management Professional (PMP) certification I need to earn credits every year. I can do that by attending events. But also, I learn tons and am inspired (in weird and wonderful ways) when I attend events. When I tell people... Continue Reading →
We have images in our heads of our characters, of settings, of action sequences. What would these look like in real life? I was listening to The Creative Penn podcast a couple weeks ago. Joanna interviewed Derek Murphy and they talked about AI for art and images. I had a bit of time this afternoon... Continue Reading →
I tried to do NaNoWriMo a few years back. I lasted four days. It was all about word count. I needed to write everyday. Other people were doing this, why couldn’t I? Maybe if I just plotted and outlined…. I needed to be productive, dammit! Why wasn’t this working? Shit. The pressure was too much.... Continue Reading →
It's been a while since I posted about our research project on scavenged and scattered remains. What's going on? Last year's sites: Bags of bones! The sites in the Edmonton and Calgary areas were left for about a year. Through July and August of this year, we revisited each and collected the remains, the flags,... Continue Reading →
By the title of this post, you may have guessed I'm reading Dean Wesley Smith's "Writing into the Dark". Writing into the dark is another way of saying you write intuitively or by discovery or "by the seat of your pants". I find the term "panser" (likely derived from "by the seat of your pants")... Continue Reading →
Available on Amazon. I just published my second book. I'm currently working on my third, fourth, and fifth books (the second 'Fate' book, a non-fiction, and a magic-induced romp through hilarity and incredulity novel). There might be a sixth in there because, hey, things change and tomorrow's a new day. I was asked recently how... Continue Reading →
I am beyond tired. Tuesday and Wednesday were research field days of 11 to 12 hours each. On Thursday, I'm home and completely done in. Friday was a serious struggle against continuing exhaustion. How did I do this when I was in consulting archaeology? But that is the point: I didn't. Or, not really. Ten... Continue Reading →
There are a few things going on. For those who have not subscribed to my newsletter, this is for you. I do try to cross-pollinate, but things get missed. Subscribe to my newsletter here. In research news: New Scattered podcast episode! I talked to Dr. Nick Marquez-Grant from Cranfield University about next of kin and... Continue Reading →
I'm going to divert a bit here from my current streak of writing process posts and focus on the publishing. I am an independent publisher. I have published both of my books in print and ebook format. When I wrote "Memoirs of a Reluctant Archeologist" (2011), CreateSpace was complicated and not user-friendly. It was so... Continue Reading →
The Reluctant Archaeologist 