Derrolyn Anderson's Blog, page 7
April 1, 2015
March 28, 2015
Nostalgia
So, I wrote my latest book set in the eighties, and a lot of people who grew up in that era are very nostalgic for the fledgling video games they played. Me? I never got into gaming at all, but I had to laugh when someone mentioned Atari...
I dug this little gem out of the archives, LOL.
I was a seventeen year old emancipated minor, living on my own and taking whatever jobs I could get to make ends meet. I worked at a temp agency for a short while, and manned the cash register at the company store.
I wish I knew then what I know now.
I also wish I still had my old '69 Rambler 440 wagon. It was a beast. *sigh*
I dug this little gem out of the archives, LOL.
I was a seventeen year old emancipated minor, living on my own and taking whatever jobs I could get to make ends meet. I worked at a temp agency for a short while, and manned the cash register at the company store.
I wish I knew then what I know now.
I also wish I still had my old '69 Rambler 440 wagon. It was a beast. *sigh*
March 27, 2015
March 23, 2015
VOTE! Please help me pick my cover!
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#3 Hello everyone! I'm a few days away from publishing my latest book, "After Last Call", and I've made some covers for it.
Won't you please help me by choosing your favorite cover from the three I have posted here? I'll be obnoxiously requesting votes for a few days this week, and then I'll gather all the feedback I get from Booklikes & Goodreads in order to select the final-final.
The story is a romantic-suspense / murder-mystery set in the eighties.
Here are larger versions:
BLURB :
"Lola is ready for a change. She’s blown the first half of the eighties drifting aimlessly through Miami’s cocaine-fueled nightclub scene, so when a sweet-talking stranger comes to town she allows him to sweep her off her feet and clear across the country.
Predictably, things in California don’t go according to plan, and Lola finds herself on her own for the first time in her life. A new job offers her a second chance at a fresh start, but just as things begin to fall into place a reckless workplace affair leads to a friend’s disappearance, exposing two dead girls with one man in common.
Ensnared in a web of deceit and danger, Lola must decide whether to run from her troubles once again or take a stand and fight for her new life—only this time, she’s threatened with more than just the loss of her newfound independence."
Thumbnail versions again:
#1 #2 #3I would be eternally grateful if you would leave your choice in the comments. Thank you!
March 22, 2015
Art Major Humor
Yeah, I went to art school ;)
I think that's why I can take criticism so easily. Art school critiques are brutal.
Not to mention teenage modeling and the propensity for picking the wrong men in my younger years. I have a hide like a rhino, LOL.
March 20, 2015
Use the force...
It's funnier when it's bigger :P
http://derrolyn.booklikes.com/post/11...
*shakes fist at my inability to enlarge gifs on Goodreads*
February 27, 2015
After Last Call Playlist
My upcoming book is set in the eighties, and after listening to some awesome 80's music to set the mood I decided to go with some of my favorite songs for the chapter titles. Sometimes the tone of the song perfectly matched the tone of the chapter, and other times it was just a great title :)
All good tunes though!
1. Cruel Summer - Bananarama - 1984
2. Tainted Love - Soft Cell - 1982
3. Round and Round - Ratt - 1984
4. I Ran (So Far Away) - A Flock Of Seagulls - 1982
5. A Million Miles Away - The Plimsouls - 1982
6. Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper - 1984
7. Save A Prayer - Duran Duran - 1982
8. Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds - 1985
9. Back On The Chain Gang - Pretenders - 1983
10. Tempted - Squeeze - 1984
11. One Thing Leads To Another - The Fixx - 1983
12. I Know There's Something Going On - Frida - 1982
13. Would I Lie To You? - Eurythmics - 1985
14. Don't You Want Me - The Human League - 1982
15. Anything, Anything - Dramarama - 1985
16. Rock You Like A Hurricane - Scorpions - 1982
17. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me? - Culture Club - 1982
18. Words - Missing Persons - 1984
19. Every Breath You Take - The Police - 1983
20. The Warrior - Scandal - 1984
21. I Confess - The English Beat - 1982
22. Run To You - Bryan Adams - 1983
23. I Melt With You - Modern English - 1982
24. Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode - 1981
25. In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins - 1981
26. Manic Monday - The Bangles - 1986
27. Who Can It Be Now? - Men At Work - 1982
28. If You Leave - OMD - 1986
Playlist on Spotify under "After Last Call by Derrolyn Anderson"
February 22, 2015
February 16, 2015
February 12, 2015
Where?
Hahaha! So true!
When I was a teenager I worked at a record store (remember those?) and the major labels would send out all kinds of promotional swag : posters, cutouts, and fat stacks of empty album covers for window displays.
Since I was "creative" I got turned loose with a staple gun and some tape to make all kinds of collages and mobiles. In the wee small hours one of my creations fell from the wall and tripped the alarm system, forcing the manager out of bed and to the store to disarm it.
Needless to say, he was not a happy camper the next time I came to work. Nearly ended my career. Where? At the Wherehouse! LOOOOL
