Achem…I don’t know why, I just never got into it. I remember my friend Abbi Glines (you HAVE to check out her new book WHILE IT LASTS—- O. M. G.) Â talking about Pinterest in a FB post a while back and I sort of scratched my head and looked it up and that’s about as far as I got. You HAVE to check out Suzy Turner’s and T.R. Grave’s posts about Pinterest because they are WAY more savvy then me. I’m at the total newbie stage where I’m just beginning to figure out how amazingly fun this can be. Honestly, I’m more of a visual person than anything so if you are too, I think you’ll love it. Basically Suzy talks about using Pinterest to make book mood boards. I love that! I’ve totally made those out of magazine cut outs. This is just a super-cool digital way to share your inspirations for your books with readers and friends. I’m really into Halloween and I’ve started a little Halloween board. It’s a sort of mash up of food, jewelry and odd Halloween stuff I come across. I’ve also got a board called Inspiration. Not for any book in particular, but when I see the photo, a story comes alive for me. My next board is called Dreams Come True. It’s great fun and like Suzy and Ms. Grave say…TOTALLY ADDICTING….like I needed one more distraction from my edtis? Not. How do you use Pinterest? What boards do you have?
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I had no idea you were a newbie Pinner, Laura! lol Thanks for the shout out! And I’m glad I gave you some ideas 🙂
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🙂 Your post was great Suzy! I love the way it works. Looking forward to adding it to my process! Thanks for stopping by.
Laura you really should check out Suzy’s pins. They are always inspirational. I am probably her biggest following fan.
For me, I can create never before imagined layers within my books by viewing just one unique pin. For example, I saw a beautiful picture of a sea swallow and thought how wonderful it would be to make that small creature into a larger than life soldier. After a tiny amount of research and lots of writing, I did just that. King Swallow is a major character within Enemies of the Cross, and I have Pinterest to thank for his creation.
T, That’s fabulous. I love seeing our books in different ways…most of all when we are dreaming up our stories! King Swallow sounds like a fabulous character. I’m just getting into Pinterest now and am beginning to find all sorts of gems there:) Thanks for stopping by!
I’m afraid looking at Halloween boards would be a black hole I could never escape. But then, who really needs sleep?? 😉
🙂 Hee-hee…you are so right! I’m loving the Halloween stuff on Pinterest…thankfully since I’ve written a Halloween book/series I can justify it by telling myself I’m “working” BBWWAAHHHHH! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by. LOVE your profile pic!