Tag: The Sundered Realms

• Meet Mona of Syrrel

  

  “Making Stitches” – A short, character-driven dark fantasy story about endurance, sacrifice and the choices that quietly break us.

  sarahz

  February 24, 2026

  Stories & Side Tales

  Creative Writing, Making Stitches, Mona of Syrrel, Quiet Strength, Reluctant Change, The Sundered Realms

• Progress & Goals – February 2026: Sacrificial Love in the Sundered Realms

  

  A little love for your February: progress, goals and a promise for a treat that is definitely bittersweet.

  sarahz

  February 4, 2026

  Writing Updates

  Book Review, books, By the Weight of Blood, fiction, Making Stitches, Mona of Syrrel, reading, Saga of the First Daughter, The Reckoning, The Sundered Realms, Writing, writing dark fantasy

• Following My Muse

  

  The plan for my next writing project is evolving!

  sarahz

  January 14, 2026

  Writing

  Creative Writing, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Indie Author, Sundered Realms series, The Reckoning, The Sundered Realms, Writing Goals, Writing Progress

• Meet Selah of the Weavers

  

  Meet Selah of the Weavers; she knows how to laugh, how to hide and how to protect—but when safety shatters, even silence becomes a choice with consequences.

  sarahz

  January 10, 2026

  Uncategorized

  By the Weight of Blood, character introduction, Creative Writing, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, In the Shadow of Secrets, Indie Author, NA Fantasy, On the Edge of Truth, Selah of the Weavers, The Reckoning, The Sundered Realms, YA Fantasy

• Welcome 2026

  

  A wish for your new year.

  sarahz

  January 1, 2026

  The Sundered Realms

  Creative Writing, Indie Author, NA Fantasy, New Year’s Greeting, The Sundered Realms, Writing

• The Funny Thing About Writing Dark NA Fantasy

  

  How I accidentally became a dark YA fantasy author (and why I’m not sorry about it).

  sarahz

  November 17, 2025

  In the Shadow of Secrets, On the Edge of Truth, Selah’s Story, The Reckoning, The Ruin of Ehslyng, The Seers Story, The Sundered Realms

  creating complex characters, Creative Writing, dark fantasy worldbuilding, Indie Author, Sundered Realms series, The Sundered Realms, writing dark YA fantasy, YA Dark Fantasy, YA Fantasy, YA Fantasy Author

• November 2025 Progress and Goals: Sundered Realms Updates

  

  YA fantasy author Sarah Z shares a November 2025 update: new release “Magic & Mischief,” progress on Selah #3 and author goals for the Sundered Realms.

  sarahz

  November 4, 2025

  Selah’s Story, The Sundered Realms, Writing

  Creative Writing, In the Shadow of Secrets, Indie Author, Magic & Mischief, On the Edge of Truth, Shiverthorns, The Sundered Realms, The Weight of Blood, Writing, YA Dark Fantasy, YA Fantasy

• Learning Lessons

  

  Working through the third draft of “On the Edge of Truth.”

  sarahz

  September 7, 2025

  Editing, On the Edge of Truth, Selah’s Story, The Reckoning, The Sundered Realms, Writing

  Creative Writing, Editing, Fantasy, Indie Author, revising, The Sundered Realms, Writing, YA Fantasy

• “In the Shadow of Secrets” Is LIVE!!

  

  Check out “In the Shadow of Secrets,” available now!

  sarahz

  September 3, 2025

  In the Shadow of Secrets, Selah’s Story, The Reckoning, The Sundered Realms, Writing

  Creative Writing, Fantasy, Indie Author, The Sundered Realms, Writing, YA Fantasy

• Progress and Goals – September 2025

  

  My first novel, an epic fantasy adventure with a strong female character who has secrets she has to keep and family she’s desperate to protect, is now live! Woo-hoo!

  sarahz

  September 1, 2025

  In the Shadow of Secrets, Selah’s Story, The Reckoning, The Sundered Realms, Writing

  Book Review, books, Creative Writing, eBook publishing, Fantasy, fiction, Indie Author, Kindle Publishing, Self-Publishing, The Sundered Realms, Writing, YA Fantasy