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2 weeks ago | 
lonelyvictories.substack.com | Hurley Winkler
LAST TIME AT WRITING NIGHTSAnna finished final edits on her novel and started working on book two. Julia didn’t go a single week without writing (and has the color-coded spreadsheets to prove it). Eleanor pitched an article to Architectural Digest: and it got accepted. Hannah finished typing up her journals and started piecing them together as a book. Rosanna made tonssss of progress on her second novel and feels invigorated by the story.
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3 weeks ago | 
lonelyvictories.substack.com | Hurley Winkler
SUMMER WRITING NIGHTS ARE BACK!Join me for six weeks of co-writing starting on the first Wednesday of the summer. Just $20. Paid subscribers get $5 off: promo code in the previous newsletter issue. ANOTHER TRIP THROUGH THE ARTIST’S WAYAt the beginning of the year, I decided to work through The Artist’s Way a second time. My friend Lexi was quitting her corporate job to become a full-time artist.
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1 month ago | 
lonelyvictories.substack.com | Hurley Winkler
SUMMER WRITING NIGHTS ARE BACK!Join me for six weeks of co-writing and community starting on the first Wednesday of the summer. Just $20. $15 for paid subscribers: scroll down for the promo code. If you’ve been part of my Writing Nights series before: yes, this session is shorter than usual! I have some things going on during the later part of the summer, but I’m glad that I can still offer a more condensed Writing Nights for six weeks.
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1 month ago | 
lonelyvictories.substack.com | Hurley Winkler
A ROUTINE OF ONE’S OWNTomorrow is the first night of my new class, which meets on Wednesdays for the next three weeks, and I absolutely can’t wait. This class will help you define and refine a joyful writing routine: one that actually works for you.
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1 month ago | 
lonelyvictories.substack.com | Hurley Winkler
CONTINUING TO WRITEI’m an obliger. I need accountability to get things done. In the words of Gretchen Rubin, who first coined the term “obliger” in her research on responses to expectations, an obliger’s motto is:“You can count on me, and I’m counting on you to count on me.”I recently revisited Rubin’s book The Four Tendencies as I was preparing for my upcoming class on writing routines (which begins this Wednesday: SIGN UP).
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2 months ago | 
lonelyvictories.substack.com | Hurley Winkler
📣 My new class on writing routines begins Wednesday, May 7. Sign up. FINDING TIME TO WRITELast week, I had the grand pleasure of teaching the creative writing students at my local arts high school. I started class by asking: “How many of you think it’s easier to write during the school year than it is over the summer?”I had a feeling that every single student would raise their hands. And I was right. That old adage about giving a job to a busy person? It’s even true among teenagers.
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2 months ago | 
lonelyvictories.substack.com | Hurley Winkler
A ROUTINE OF ONE’S OWNToday, I am positively thrilled to announce and open enrollment for a brand new three-week class called A Routine of One’s Own. This class will help you define and refine a joyful writing routine: one that actually works for you. Creating this class has been a joy. I’m proud of the writing routine I’ve built and maintained for myself, but it wasn’t easy, and I learned a lot along the way.
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Mar 14, 2025 | 
lonelyvictories.substack.com | Hurley Winkler
HAPPY ALMOST SPRINGHello my honeybees! 🍯 Busy busy over here as I get ready to head to Los Angeles for the AWP Conference with Rose Books & Morning Writing Club. If you’re unfamiliar: AWP is a tremendous writing conference that meets every year in a different city. How tremendous? Around 12,000 writers attend. Some call it overwhelming. I call it pretty stinkin’ fun. But then again, I’m an extrovert who loves being around writers more than almost anything.
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Feb 25, 2025 | 
cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com | Arthur Brooks |Hurley Winkler |Rebecca Traister |Janus Rose
Hello from the far side of February, and a sunny week in Austin after yet another deep freeze. Many of you may be familiar with , the author of the bestselling book, Real Self-Care: Crystals, Cleanses, and Bubble Baths Not Included, and her wonderful newsletter of the same name. Pooja recently introduced me as her Newsletter Editor, and I wanted to share that news with all of you! Weâve been working together since August, and itâs been a wonderful partnership and work I truly enjoy.
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Feb 21, 2025 | 
lonelyvictories.substack.com | Hurley Winkler
BE AN EARLY BIRD WITH MEGive early-morning writing a try with me next week. Paid subscribers are invited to Write Like a Morning Person. Monday, 2/24, through Friday, 2/28, 5:30-7AM EST. Drop in anytime during our 90-minute block. Attend as many or as few days as you’d like. Current paid subscribers will find the Zoom link below the paywall at the bottom of this email.
