Lynn Baca - Editor

I have a background in publishing that will enable me to help the author. I was responsible for marketing and directing the School for Advanced Research Press, a century-old academic press located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. 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 that the editing and proofreading (done by other staff members) resulted in a high-quality product. So, although I have personally edited only a few books, I have overseen the editing process for years.

Although my experience is in academic writing, I would love to take on really good fiction that needs either developmental editing or marketing post-publication.

I have served as a judge/reader for the New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards for ten years as well as judge/reader one year for the New Mexico Historical Society Book Awards.

As an anthropologist, my forte is in working with academicians 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.

One book I recently worked on, Six Hundred Generations: An Archaeological History of Montana was announced as the winner of the 2020 Best Popular Book Award from the Society of American Archaeology and was further acknowledged as a winner in the High Plains Book Awards. Working with author Carl Davis on the developmental edit was a pleasure.

“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!” Albert Sipes, author