Look, I resisted Pinterest for a long time, Gentle Reader. I don’t like the proprietary nature of the service, when you do a google image search and the one you like is on Pinterest and then it won’t let you see unless you join. That kind of thing bothers me.
I’ve been using Tumblr for a long time now as my primary source of visual inspiration for things like costumes, steampunk, characters, setting, book covers, you name it. But the UI has been pretty janky on my iPad since the last iOS update and I really have neither the time nor the inclination to futz with it. I still hop on to see if it happens to be working that day, sometimes yes, sometimes no. Presumably, there will be a bug patch soon, but I have no intention of changing my habits to suit Tumblr’s bugginess (eg: switch to desktop). This is why we live in a world of alternatives and competitors.
Which is a very long way of saying…
Hello, Pinterest. My you are fun, aren’t you? And so flirty.
So yeah. I might have had too much fun building up all sorts of boards, including character boards and so forth. You want to know how I imagine my characters looking, what actors and actresses I associate with them, look no further than my Pinterest boards. Want a sneak peek into some of the inspiration behind the up coming Madame Lefoux novella? There’s a board for that too. I’ve got period victorian costume boards, history boards, series boards, and one for octopus, of course.
{Gail’s monthly read along for September is Finders Keepers by Linnea Sinclair.}
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GAIL’S DAILY DOSE
Your Moment of Parasol . . .
Le Follet Monday, June 1, 1863 v. 43, plate 49
Your Infusion of Cute . . .
Your Tisane of Smart . . .
Octopus Eyes Are Crazier Than We Imagined
Your Writerly Tinctures . . .
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Book News:
ace-artemis-fanartist- Quick doodle of a contemporary girl gang Finishing School au
Quote of the Day:
“She never minced words when she could spit them out whole.”
~ Snow on the Roof by J. Leigh Bailey, Mari Donne, Amy Rae Durreson, Tray Ellis, Kim Fielding, Laylah Hunter, John Inman, Linda James, Rhidian Brenig Jones, Anne Regan
Questions about Gail’s steampunk world? There’s a wiki for that!