I love Pinterest! ❤️ For every story I create, I also create a Pinterest board to help me visualize that story. I keep the Pinterest board secret because, in the early stages, my visuals are as messy as my words. 

Here’s the Pinterest board for my newest release, book 3 in my Songbird Junction trilogy, A Bride for Griffin 🎉

Music: the Mandolin

My heroine, Wren, is a singer/musician whose favorite instrument is the mandolin. In the past, she shared a connection with her sisters for a certain violin, but in A Bride for Griffin, it’s a mandolin that helps her connect with Griffin and also build a new love for playing music. 

Setting: Shared Laundry Days

A key scene in A Bride for Griffin takes place on a laundry day in the fenced-in garden behind the home that the Llewellyn family rents. Griffin has chosen to do every laundry day (rather than share them with his siblings) so he can see Wren in a private setting and teach her to defend herself with fighting lessons between the lines of laundry, which help conceal them.  

Setting: Colorado Mountains

A Bride for Griffin starts and ends in Songbird Junction. Between those two points is a perilous journey through the Colorado mountains and along a fictional trail that I placed atop a lofty ridge I named the Lion’s Tail Ridge (because a mountain lion, aka a cougar, has a very long tail).

People Inspiration: Gus, Mrs. F., Sheriff Guyette, Mutton-Chop Man

This is a Pinterest board I’ve included for all three of my Songbird Junction books.

• The first picture was perfect for Grandpa Gus Peregrine’s red hair/beard and his flat cap.
• The second was Mrs. Fitzgerald with her grand pile of white hair until, for the journey through the mountains, she changed to a practical, subdued braid.
• The third is Brian Dennehy playing a sheriff in the movie Silverado, which reminded me of Sheriff Quincy Guyette.
• In the bottom row is a picture of the historic mutton-chop whiskers, which inspired Mr. Anderson’s look and his nickname Mutton-Chop Man. 

I hope you enjoyed seeing a few of the pictures that helped inspire book 3 in my Songbird Junction trilogy.

To see all of the pictures in A Bride for Griffin’s Pinterest board, click here, or to find the book on Amazon, click here. 

Or for a peek into my previous blogs, check out my other posts about my love for Pinterest…

• A Bride for Brynmor’s Picture & Pinterest Inspiration 
• A Bride for Heddwyn’s Picture & Pinterest Inspiration 
• Robyn: A Christmas Bride’s Picture & Pinterest Inspiration
• Historical Research or Corgi Fun