Marcia Lawrence is an in-demand editor and proofreader, known for high quality work and a healthy respect for deadlines. She’s a freelance writer with hundreds of published articles under her belt. Marcia authored the nonfiction book Spirit of the Prairie: The History of the Making of the Medicine Lodge Indian Peace Treaty Pageant and the upcoming Professor of Pageantry: The Theatrical Life of Franklin L. Gilson, and was editor of the acclaimed Symphony in the Flint Hills Field Journal. A lifelong scholar of regional history and fierce defender of the Oxford comma, this sixth-generation Kansan counts photo-finish photographer, stockbroker, bookstore owner, musician, and mom among her pursuits.

• Freelance journalist for Pulitzer Prize-winning daily newspaper, community guides, magazines, blogs; grant writing; freelance copy editor and proofreader.

• 2025 Ozark Creative Writers Published Newspaper Column Award Winner

• Historic community theatre donor management, event planning, social media, marketing, PR.

• Newsletter editor/writer/designer; weekly newspaper column; radio personality; website design and maintenance; magazine contributor; marketing/PR campaigns; press releases.

• Owner, Ellen Plumb’s City Bookstore. All facets of bricks-and-mortar retail bookstore operation, including online operations. Named SBDC Regional Emerging Business of the Year.

• Initiated, researched, and wrote successful proposal for $2.4 million Federal grant award.

• Created and implemented daily/weekly community newspaper and regional magazine marketing plans, increasing subscriptions within first quarter of campaign launch.

• Wrote object labels and text panel copy for permanent exhibition at major art museum.