Pinned with the Right Fit

It's finally happened.  After reactions to other social media that could only be deemed lackluster, I've finally found the one.  The time suck.  The one I could spend ALL DAY with and still not be bored.  Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Pinterest.

My dear friend, the talented author Marilyn Brant, introduced me and of course, was waiting to "friend/follow" me so I wouldn't feel like the new kid that has to sit by herself at lunch on the first day of school.  Initially, I was skeptical because I'm a Facebook dilettante at best and while I enjoy Twitter in spurts, I'm not addicted.  In other words, social media savvy isn't natural to me.  Don't get me wrong, I love being able to communicate with my friends and family from around the world in a matter of minutes,  seconds really, but I'm not overly concerned with it.

But there is a more revealing aspect to Pinterest for me or rather, about me.  As a writer, I don't necessarily consider myself a plotter.  I'm probably a mixture of a plotter and a pantser, heavy on the pants.  But with Pinterest, I've found a resource that will replace my shoebox full of inspiration and clean up my browser's bookmarks considerably.  I can pin music, pictures of locations, clothing and fashion, flowers, inspirations for settings, people that physically remind me of my characters, food that I have them eat, objects that might be important to the plot, etc.--all contained in a single board and without worry that I haven't given credit where it's due.  I do generally work from a rough outline, but this is much more organization than I've ever created.  I've already started boards for my two books (one complete, the other  still a work-in-progress) and I'm considering creating one for the story that I'm outlining.

It's not just the writing aspect that has me intrigued with Pinterest.  No, I can create boards of the music I like, movies and TV shows that interest me, books that I can't live without, recipes that I make or want to try, places that I hope to visit, and on and on and on.  All without clogging up anyone else's timeline and I can share or not.  Follow or not.  "Like" something or not.  Repin something or not.  You get the picture.  Well, maybe you don't so dash over to my board at Pinterest and take a look around.

You might like it and want to create a board of your own.  Let me know if you'd like an invite.