Sarah Terez Rosenblum

Chicago, USA

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About Me

Novelist & Award-Winning Writing Instructor | Expert in Voice, Story Craft & Creative Development

Sarah Terez Rosenblum is a novelist, writing instructor, and developmental editor based in Chicago. Her work has appeared in literary magazines such as Prairie Schooner and The Hopkins Review, and her novel, Herself When She’s Missing, was called “poetic and heartrending” by Booklist. She teaches at StoryStudio Chicago and The University of Chicago’s Writer’s Studio where she won the 2022 Innovation in Teaching Award. She works with writers to clarify their voices, deepen their stories, and hone their work for publication.

🧭 What Sarah Brings to Uptales

  • Years of experience guiding writers through structure, voice, pacing, and theme
  • Experience with both fiction and creative nonfiction
  • Coaching that addresses craft and psychology, helping writers to better understand their own needs and capabilities
  • A style that’s supportive and straightforward. No fluff, just thoughtful, honest editorial insight

🎤 Sarah's Guiding Philosophy

“The first draft is a message across time from the writer to herself.”

✅ Focus Areas

  • Developmental feedback for manuscripts: character arc, scene structure, narrative drive
  • Voice and tone refinement: helping you sound like you on the page
  • Self-publishing or traditional launch readiness: making sure your book is ready for the world
  • One-on-one writer coaching: for writers at all levels of experience.

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Past Works

Amazon

Herself When She's Missing

By Sarah Terez Rosenblum Cry Wolf saved Andrea's life, or that's how she likes to tell it. Forever in search of spiritual fulfillment, Andrea has rejected everything from religion to eating disorders, in favor of "I'm-with-the-band" style fanaticism, all centered on Cry Wolf, a brother-sister folk/rock duo with an eccentric hodgepodge of followers. When Andrea meets fellow groupie Jordan outside a concert, their connection is undeniable: Jordan is powerfully seductive, and Andrea is intrigued by Jordan’s lawless ways. Their romance escalates as they follow Cry Wolf around the country, but as Jordan becomes increasingly manipulative and unreliable, Andrea begins to realize that her passion for Jordan has turned into yet another addiction. The first time Jordan leaves her, Andrea flees Los Angeles for Chicago, almost relieved, and almost ready to start fresh. But when Jordan arrives unannounced on Andrea’s doorstep, Andrea can’t help it; she’s thrilled. Meet Andrea: tightly wound, mid-20s, teacher, hotter than she gives herself credit for, less clever than she believes. Meet Jordan: LA-skinny, ocean eyes, early-40s, perpetual undergraduate student, a liar who believes her own lies. Post-modern in form (lists, 3x5 cards, even the occasional screenplay), but classical in theme: a tale of a girl desperate for something like, but not quite love.

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The Hopkins Review

Fall Cleanup — The Hopkins Review

In this short story from Sarah Terez Rosenblum, we follow a father in constant motion, the sticky web of community, and how often adults fail children that need them most.

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UChicago | Graham School

Sarah Terez Rosenblum

Sarah Terez Rosenblum’s work has appeared in literary magazines such as The Hopkins Review, The Pinch, The Normal School, Prairie Schooner (Shortlisted

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The Normal School

Mornings Are The Hardest by Sarah Terez Rosenblum — The Normal School

Does the girl’s desperation feed the thing’s obstinance? Years ago someone (one of the experts?) told the girl that she’s in control; she has choices. But how can that be when occasionally , no matter which button the girl pushes, the thing takes actions paradoxical and perverse?

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PopMatters

Defying Convention: "Six Feet Under" and the Unreliable Narrator » PopMatters

Thank God for conventions. Those dictated by society as a whole and by television as a subset are crucial to Six Feet Under’s transformative power. Without expectations, the show could not defy them.

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