# A Writer's Life with Diane Hatz

Writing, creativity, and rebuilding a life in the second half

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## [Writing the Rest of My Life](https://dianehatz.substack.com/p/writing-my-life)

_2026-08-13 · Diane Hatz_

How losing everything can bring you to yourself

## [Spreading Hope, One Step, One Paddle at a Time](https://dianehatz.substack.com/p/spreading-hope)

_2026-07-23 · Diane Hatz_

One man's commitment and adventure to spread joy, raise awareness, and build community. A dispatch from Diane. And Chauncey.

## [The Hidden Grief of Outgrowing Who You Used to Be](https://dianehatz.substack.com/p/the-hidden-grief)

_2026-07-09 · Diane Hatz_

On mourning who you were and honoring who you're becoming

## [Is the Universe Talking to Me?](https://dianehatz.substack.com/p/is-the-universe-talking)

_2026-06-25 · Diane Hatz_

Three days, one Social Venture Network gathering, and a string of coincidences I can't explain

## [Writing Fiction as a Way Back to Yourself](https://dianehatz.substack.com/p/writing-fiction-as-a-way)

_2026-06-11 · Diane Hatz_

When journaling feels like too much, fiction lets you breathe

## [Untethered and Still Looking for Home](https://dianehatz.substack.com/p/untethered)

_2026-05-28 · Diane Hatz_

Dispatches from Diane: on belonging and not fitting in

## [Some People Need To Climb Mt. Everest. I Had to Write and Publish Four Books.](https://dianehatz.substack.com/p/need-to-climb-mt-everest)

_2026-05-12 · Diane Hatz_

Delayed dreams, many decades, and one very long climb

## [Do You Find Your Place, or Does It Find You?](https://dianehatz.substack.com/p/do-you-find-your-place)

_2026-04-23 · Diane Hatz_

Dispatch from Diane. In Sedona.

## [My Life Blew Up at 59. It Was the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me](https://dianehatz.substack.com/p/my-life-blew-up-at-59)

_2026-04-09 · Diane Hatz_

What starting over is really like and what I’d wish I’d known

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_2026-04-09 · **Sponsored**_

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## [Bruce Springsteen Saved Me the Night After Lennon Died](https://dianehatz.substack.com/p/bruce-springsteen-saved-me)

_2026-03-26 · Diane Hatz_

A dispatch from Diane