So, I’m not a real visual person. I struggle with descriptions (what the hell do these people look like? in various forms is the most consistent feedback I’ve ever received on my fiction). I skip descriptions when reading because my brain doesn’t read description and form images. My brain processes in words. I hear songs; my brain conducts a simultaneous closed caption, writing the words in my head so it can then read them.
Thus: Pinterest. I tried it years ago and never really used it for anything. But right now I’m re-branding my covers, and I’m trying to see better, I suppose. I’ve looked at a lot of covers, and besides the basics, I have no idea what makes one “good” or “bad.” I’m not a great judge of that, let alone the whys and hows that back it up. I don’t like a lot of clutter. And I know fonts are supposed to be everything, but I like a clean font, probably because that’s what I look at on a cover: words. (You’d think I’d have better titles, then. Sadly, I don’t have an actual gift for titles, headlines, or catchy phrases. Though Unexpected Gifts is the only one that actually bothers me.)
Pinterest. Anyone?
So far, I’ve got recipes posted that I may someday try. Ideas? How do you lot use Pinterest? I think I hooked that madness up to Facebook, but honestly, I have no idea. I haven’t hooked it up to the site yet because I’m not sure what my damn username is. I think I’ll also make a board for other people’s covers that I especially like, and maybe try to pick out what I like from them. Maybe. Ish.
Bulletin board. I had shit pinned all over my bedroom as a teenager, mostly quotes cribbed out of magazines, or entire articles about “The X-Files” or Stephen King. (This will come as a shock to past housemates; I have a reputation for blank walls and a trademark lack of decor.)
All righty, off I go to finish up the new (almost indistinguishable, but I like to think slightly more classy) covers!
I am totally on Pinterest, dude. I loveeeeeeeeee Pinterest. 😉
I use it mostly for ebook and publishing stuff. But also to collect pictures of all my passions, like jewelry making, upcycling, my nephew's hockey career… Once you get the hang of it, it becomes a nifty tool for writers too.
If you install the "Pin It" button, you can pin stuff from all over the web, not just what you find on Pinterest.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pin-it-… http://help.pinterest.com/en/articles/add-pin-it-…
You can also add widgets to your site: http://business.pinterest.com/fr/widget-builder#d…