HeyJaredA Writer's Life with Diane Hatz
Writing, creativity, and rebuilding a life in the second half
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Nobody Wanted My First Book. I Published It Anyway. (opens the original)
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I’ve wanted to write since I was fifteen. My mother told me I’d wash dishes for the rest of my life. So I ended up getting a business degree (which I hated), finding my way to grad school for writing, and moving to New York City to work in the music industry while I wrote books.What followed was a wild ride and winding path to where I am now: a published author.I talk about all that and much more in my new monthly Substack video installment.Enjoy!A Writer's Life is a
I Thought I Was Writing Fiction (opens the original)
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Sage & Ink Writers Festival for New Mexico authors (opens the original)
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Writing the Rest of My Life (opens the original)
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Spreading Hope, One Step, One Paddle at a Time (opens the original)
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