The Long and Short of It

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Island Time
I am celebrating my birthday a month early this year on an island in South Carolina with my whole family except daughter Eliza and her husband Dan, who…
4 hrs ago • 
Laura Hurwitz
First Draft
So, I finished my novel.
Nov 11 • 
Laura Hurwitz
Birthday Poem, Covered.
Yesterday was Sam’s birthday.
Nov 9 • 
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I'm asking you...
As a writer, word choice matters.
Nov 5 • 
Laura Hurwitz
Revelation
in direct morning sun
Nov 2 • 
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October 2025

How I Am
This is going to be short, because as previously mentioned, I’m writing a novel.
Oct 30 • 
Laura Hurwitz
LC
I didn’t write this.
Oct 27 • 
Laura Hurwitz
Joy Equals Us, Multiplied.
We are spending the weekend with our son’s Micah’s in-laws-to-be.
Oct 26 • 
Laura Hurwitz
Bamboozled Again
the last time i felt like this
Oct 23 • 
Laura Hurwitz
The Write House
My novel is proceeding at my steady five-page-a-day clip.
Oct 20 • 
Laura Hurwitz
Progress
I’m sure I’m not the only fiction writer to jump out of bed eager to get back to the characters I am still getting to know.
Oct 17 • 
Laura Hurwitz
human, writing
i am writing a novel
Oct 15 • 
Laura Hurwitz
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