As I know I’ve talked about here before, I love-love-love Pinterest! I have to be very careful whenever I get onto the site, because it can easily be hours later by the time I’ve finished following trails of pretty dresses, rooms furnished with many bookshelves, yummy cocktails, and funny “Hey Girl” memes. But the one most useful thing about it, I’ve found, is that it helps me keep all my book inspiration images in one easily accessed spot. Here are a few pins for my Murder at Hatfield House book (out in 2 weeks!):
Images of Hatfield House itself…
Musical instruments of the period (my heroine/sleuth, Kate Haywood, is a court musician to Elizabeth I!)
Elizabethan jewelry…
Lady Elizabeth Fitzgerald (“the fair Geraldine,” a kinswoman to Elizabeth, who appears in one scene…)
The actress Lily Collins, who looks a bit like Kate in my mind!
Tudor humor (this one is Anne of Cleves, but hey, it’s funny, even if it’s not quite period-correct for my story!!)
So I am not always wasting time on Pinterest! Sometimes it is Very Important Research. Are you on Pinterest? What do you like about it?
(and I am extending my Hatfield House contest at my Amanda Carmack site for a few more days! Sign up for my newsletter for the chance to win an ARC of the book and an Elizabethan Queen Barbie!!)
I’ve kept telling myself I don’t have time for Pinterest, because it looks so addictive. But you are so prolific that it makes me wonder if I should spend more time noodling around!
I’ve actually found it to be really helpful in keeping some research organized and easily accessed, Elena! The key is to strictly time myself when I get on the site 🙂
I try to limit my time on Pinterest because once I start following boards like yours Amanda I am sucked in for hours!