For Readers Seeking Imaginative Landscapes, Diane Tegarden's Book Hits The Spot

Jackie ONeal September 29, 2009

Author, Diane Tegarden, lives in Pasadena, California and in April 2004, she self-published her first book, Getting Out of Limbo: A Self-Help Divorce Book For Women. Recently, she's written two other books Light Through Shuttered Window and Anti-Vigilante And The Rips In Time. The latter title she describes as being "a blockbuster science fiction novel featuring renewable energy, time travel and a love story that spans the ages."

Every author approaches the creative act in unique ways when they launch into writing, and Tegarden is no exception. She said she uses a hand- held tape recorder as a tool to focus her thought process. " I like to use a hand held tape recorder and record my thoughts, they are then transcribed into a rough script which I start to change and perfect into the story I want to tell," she said.

The premise of her book, Anti-Vigilante And The Rips In Time appears to hold appeal to science fiction lovers, and readers seeking to be transported by imaginative scenarios.

When asked what have been some high and low points in the course of being a writer, and in the process of promoting her book herself. She said she discovered promoting herself proved to be the more demanding task. "I loved creating the characters and recounting the episodes from the past. Editing is arduous, time consuming, detail oriented work, but promoting myself has proved to be an even harder task," she said.

Like many writers, Tegarden carves out time to relax after a long day of writing, in order to gain clarity. "I like to work in my organic garden, play with my furfamily (three cats and a dog), read, go to movies, eat at ethnic food restaurants, play word games online and do crossword puzzles," she said.

"After lunch, I post to the three online networks that I run, write/post to my blogs, and develop my publishing newsletter “The FireWalker Flare” that I send out twice a month. One last round of answering emails, and I finish my day around 4 PM."

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