This is one of the more peculiar vintage photos I've
discovered on Pinterest. That place is like quicksand for a visual hoarder like
myself. It has a wonderfully clean interface, simple but easy to use search,
and the option to both link and upload images. When you search one image leads
to another till you've killed hours.
I've set up
my own boards, covering subjects from food to
street art, and I have them for my books too. Being rather visual, I tend to
look up pictorial references for all sorts of stuff as I write, even if thing
is question only appears for a few lines. Like the steampunk wristwatch that
plays minor role in
Spirit Sanguine.
In the old days I kept the images in folders on my desktop, later in folders
within Scrivener. Now I put them on Pinterest too, keeping the board private
till the book's release day.
I have no idea how many readers actually look at the images
I've put up to illustrate my stories. The Dead
in L.A. board has a photo of the lookout spot in Griffith Park where Jon
and Leander have a conversation, and the Dead
in the Desert one has pictures of the library in the desert where Leander
make an important discovery. They are both real places, even if the characters
and events are fictional.
Now excuse me, I have important "research" to do.
