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'Dying for Sex,' TV Show Review
The ride is so, SO worth the hard emotions and even in the final most devastating moments, the characters are fucking hilarious. Like, shockingly, bawdily funny. These are the friends who can't be allowed to sit next to each other at serious events because they'll giggle and misbehave and it's a pleasure to watch them sit together through the MOST serious thing that could happen and giggle and misbehave.

Sarah Z.
Apr 243 min read
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Beta readers wanted: Queer Middle-Grade Fantasy!
LOOKING FOR BETA READERS! HELLO, MY NAME IS ASH (First of the Red Door Series), is a middle grade fantasy about a nonbinary 4th grader...
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Apr 72 min read
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Juno Temple + Jon Hamm? Yeah, You Betcha!
Best thing I've watched lately: The newest (5th) season of Fargo, "based on a true story," started back up a few weeks ago, each season...

Sarah Z.
Dec 12, 20233 min read
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Interactive Visual Novels? Yes, Please!
I'm writing on a new fiction gaming platform! If you like stories but get bored reading full books and you kinda miss graphic novels and...

Sarah Z.
Mar 7, 20231 min read
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Sarah Z's Book, Movie, & TV Reviews
So I've been on deadline to get a fresh draft of my book out to beta readers, which means....I've been watching a hella lot of shows....

Sarah Z.
Oct 21, 20225 min read
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surrender + sorry (excerpt from sarahzwriter's book-in-progress)
What she found stopped her in her tracks. An enormous, deep trench had been excavated and the whale carcass had been flipped inside. She...

Sarah Z.
Jun 29, 20224 min read
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Excerpt from My (New Book!!) Work in Progress
Tamara sucked on the end of a beef stick while tracing her finger along the United States map on the back of the atlas she’d just...

Sarah Z.
Mar 4, 20223 min read
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THERAPY WORKS: And a Series of Colossally Dumb Events
Last week I competed in my eighth or ninth NYCMidnight writing contest. I really enjoy them and have learned a lot over the years writing...

Sarah Z.
Jan 28, 20225 min read
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Book Review: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
I'm apparently the only person on the planet who didn't love this 2020 book. Everyone is talking about it and cherishing it in their...

Sarah Z.
Jan 14, 20223 min read
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A Little Port With Your Murder? (Part III, "A Cozy Murder in a Cozy English Village")
If you haven't read Part II or Part I yet, please do! Part III and on are only available for subscribers, because happy endings cost. ;)...

Sarah Z.
Jan 7, 20228 min read
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Part 2: A Cozy Murder in a Cozy English Village (WITH A CASTLE!)
Read Part 1 of "A Cozy Murder in a Cozy English Village" before starting Part 2! If you haven't yet subscribed to my page, please do!...

Sarah Z.
Dec 16, 202110 min read
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My New Short Story, "Ashes to Dust"
(Note: not positive if this will become the first section of a whole-ass novel, or just a limited short story as-is, but either way, it's...

Sarah Z.
Nov 30, 202114 min read
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Nightbitch, by Rachel Yoder
Nightbitch has also been optioned for a film, set to star THE Amy Adams! Boom! I'm going to try to write this review of Nightbitch, by...

Sarah Z.
Nov 11, 20212 min read
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Excerpt from My Book! (It's About Running and Pie)
On her way home that afternoon, Johanna stopped to get running shoes at an athletic store. She had never been a runner and still loathed...

Sarah Z.
Sep 23, 20214 min read
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"Nine Perfect Strangers" by Liane Moriarty
TW for the book: suicide, death and grieving, baby and child loss I'm finding, the more I consume entertainment and try to create my own,...
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Aug 7, 20213 min read
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Maybe This Was Just Her Face Now; Excerpt from Sarah Z Writer's Book
(This graphic for my book-in-progress, called "Live, Fully-Dressed Girls" until a publisher tells me otherwise, was created by the divine...

Sarah Z.
Jul 23, 20219 min read
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It's Not My Fault I Have Superb Taste for a Pirate
I fancy myself a very open-minded and open-hearted person, but my husband would tell you that, although my arms are wide and welcoming,...
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Jul 23, 20215 min read
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