Lynn Baca – Editor

I have a background in publishing that enables me to help authors in a professional manner. I was responsible for marketing and directing the School for Advanced Research Press, a century-old academic press located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. SAR Press has a stellar reputation for publishing anthropology books used in graduate school courses along with high-production-value popular books. As the director of SAR Press, I was responsible for ensuring the editing and proofreading done by other staff members resulted in high-quality products.

Although my editing background was largely in the academic world, more recently I have taken on fiction for editorial assessments and developmental/line editing. Fiction is fun!

I have served as a judge/reader for the New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards for more than twelve years as well as judge/reader one year for the New Mexico Historical Society Book Awards. I know good books.

As an anthropologist, my forte is in working with academics in the social sciences. As an avid reader and book reviewer, my forte is all genres of fiction.

I love helping authors present their best manuscript to publishers. I respond quickly to requests.

Highlight: One book I worked on, Six Hundred Generations: An Archaeological History of Montana has received multiple awards, including the very prestigious 2020 Best Popular Book Award from the Society of American Archaeology and a finalist award from the High Plains Book Awards. Working with author Carl Davis on the developmental edit was a pleasure. Davis said the “technical editing of my book was accomplished in the most knowledgeable, empathetic and professional way —truly a port in the storm for a struggling project. Besides, she is great fun to work with too!"

Highlight: A fiction book, The Mildenhall Legacy, I worked on generated this comment from the author, Albert Sipes. “I’m looking at stars, and you see galaxies. That’s what editors are supposed to do. You have given me an explicit roadmap to bring this project off in the best possible light. For that, I am grateful!”