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A longtime writer and indie book editor shares notes on debuting with a Big Five publisher.

About Sarah Cypher

Freelance editor, debut novelist, martini drinker, baklava maker. MFA from the Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. Preorder THE SKIN AND ITS GIRL (Ballantine, April 2023) from wherever you feed your book habit.

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