Laurel Snyder

I hadn’t really thought about using Pinterest for storing book research. In fact, I’d been whining about how I didn’t *get it* at all.  Pinterest just seemed to be a place for people to window shop (and as some of you know… I’m a terrible shopper).

But then Kate Messner  wrote about how it can be of use for education and book-related stuff, and a lightbulb went off over my head.

So now I’m using Pinterest to store old photos, things I’ve found online that are informing the development of my new book, Seven Stories Up. Working on historical fiction (for me) really requires that I spend a lot of time staring at pictures, trying to place myself in that unfamiliar world.  Pinterest might make this easier, and it lets me share the photos with you!

Look!  Above is a picture of a carnival in 1937, the year my book is set…  cool, right?

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