GOOD TO THE LAST DROP Roundup

The Epic Conclusion to my Dragon Award nominated series is LIVE... on Kindle, but it's live.

The paperback is already here, but will take a while to merge with the Kindle page.

It has been one heck of a ride. If you wouldn't mind, I would ask everyone who has a social media account, blog, that sort of thing, to please spread the word that the book is up? If you wouldn't mind.

The sale link is here: amzn.to/2whihhz

The flap copy for the book is, of course, at Amazon, but I'd rather keep you here as long as possible.

The description is...

Ahem....

The final war is about to begin, in this conclusion to the Dragon Award Nominated series

Merle Kraft, Marco Catalano and Amanda Colt have battled against the mythical Council, a supernatural conspiracy that monsters fear. This war has brought them up against vampires, minions, and demons from Hell.. Along the way, they have accumulated allies among the police, the military, the mafia, college students, lowly street gangs, and even other vampires.

Marco and Amanda have overcome their biggest terror -- their passion for each other.

But now, they face the final threat, one that is the culmination of every threat before them. This creature from Hell has powers beyond anything they’ve ever seen before, and has allies of his own: including SpecOps minions, an army of vampires, and packs of werewolves.

And that was before Marco got bit.

Right here is a round up of all of the various and sundry posts I've made about and around Good to the Last Drop since the announcement. including the announcement. So if anything here is of interest for spreading around the universe, by all means, enjoy.

Pre-Order Conclusion to the Dragon Award Nominated Series

This is the original announcement. Funny enough, it has an unfortunate reference to Joss Whedon.

A History of Vatican Ninjas

With Great Power comes great artillery. Also, a The Shadow / The Saint Crossover in my head.

Playlist for "Good To the Last Drop"

A music post that's a lot of Within Temptation and a lot of Cruxshadows, with some nightwish tossed in.

Why Catholic Vampires?

By "Traditional Vampires that integrate free will," I mean "Catholic Vampires." Though, as one person replied: Weren't Vampires always Catholic? Sort of

Building Lycanthropy Lore

First I played with Vampires. Then I mess with werewolves.

A Short Biography of a Catholic Vampire

I posted this last week. It's already one of my most popular posts--it's in the TOP FIVE. Of all time. Who knew?

Good to the Last Drop, Chapter 1: A Little B&E Between Friends

As the title reads, Chapter one. Some catch up on the ones who have been left behind.

Good to the Last Drop, Chapter 2: Many Happy Returns

Going straight back to Hell. Or San Francisco

Good to the Last Drop, Chapter 3: Recruitment

Getting some new friends. Sort of

And now, if you haven't, it's time to give in to the Dragon Award Nominated series.

Love at First Bite.

Music blog: Over the Hills and Far Away

A while back, I was looking up the song "Over the Hills and Far Away."  It's an army song from the Napoleonic wars, and was first introduced to most people through the British tv movie series "Sharpe's Rifles." Richard Sharpe, the main character, was played by Sean Bean.... coincidentally the one who played Boromir in the video below.

"Over the Hills and Far Away," by Nightwish.  I found this one song while looking for the it's partner above. And, wow, was I in for a surprise. This was actually how I was introduced to Nightwish ... despite Ringo having them in several of his novels.

If you haven't already, check out some of the books below.

And if you have, please leave a review.

    

Nightwish - Last Ride Of The Day (Live FULL HD)

Yes, I've posted this before, but the lead singer, Floor, is better than the last one, Annette.

Also, I attach lyrics now. Because lyrics




We live in every moment but this one
Why don't we recognize the faces loving us so

What's God if not the spark that started my life
Smile of a stranger
Sweet music, starry skies
Wonder, mystery wherever my road goes
Early wake-ups in a moving home
Scent of fresh-mown grass in the morning-sun
Open theme park gates waiting for

Riding the day, every day into sunset
Finding the way back home

Once upon a night we'll wake to the carnival of life
The beauty of this ride ahead such an incredible high
It's hard to light a candle, easy to curse the dark instead
This moment the dawn of humanity
The last ride of the day

Wake up, Dead Boy
Enter adventureland
Tricksters, magicians will show you all that's real
Careless jugglers, snake charmers by your trail
Magic of a moment
Abracadabra

If you haven't already, check out some of the books below.

 

Music blog: Nightwish - Ever Dream

You want epic buildup?

This is epic buildup.

Want to know how epic book four of the vampire books will be? This is music I'm going to use to write the final shootout.



While you're here....try Set To Kill now, read it over the weekend, order it for your nearest and dearest on Wednesday, and avoid Black Friday. Because it is just that awesome, and if you're a long time reader, yes, this IS the first time I've said that about my book.

Music Blog: Nightwish - Wish I Had An Angel

If you listen closely to the lyrics, some people might have a problem with it.

I don't listen closely, so I'm good.

But you can understand why this is a Nightwish that hasn't been posted sooner.

Also, I had to find a version that didn't have clips from the Uwe Boll film Alone in the Dark.

Nightwish "The Phantom Of The Opera"

I'm not sure I'm really happy with this one. The death metal parts here from the male lead are almost discordant with the rest. She's perfect for the part, while he's a little rough. Sadly, I've heard him sing straight, and had he just played it that way, it would have been fine. Now...

At the very least, jump to her vocalization at the 3:45 part.

Music Blog: Nightwish - Dead To The World

Whew. So. The waiting on the Hugo nominations is over.

Now, the waiting on the nomination results begin.

I only have to wait until the month is over... on April 26 ...

Screw it: NIGHTWISH.

#SadPuppies Voting in 48 hours (and counting)

Remember ladies and gentlenerds, the Hugo nominations are due in less than 48 hours.

While, of course, I would like you to nominated Sad Puppies Bite Back and Honor At Stake on your ballots (SPBB in every category, if possible -- I'll need all the help I can get), but please, pick whatever the bloody heck you like. What I like shouldn't impact you or your choices in the least. I never really thought my book was so awesome as to warrant a Sad Puppy suggestion, but heck, I'll take a Hugo nomination. It would be interesting.

Remember, this is The SP4 List. And you can vote for something else if you like. Heck, someone even told me they were going to vote for A Pius Geek as a FanZine, which took me totally by surprise, since I didn't even see it on The List (though it might have been in the spreadsheet, I honestly didn't look).

If you want, however, my suggestions ... I don't have any.  Keep in mind, I haven't even gotten around to reading all of the freaking best novel nominees yet, so you know I'm behind.

These are the best novel suggestions.

As I've said, Ringo and Correia don't want a Hugo. So I wouldn't waste the vote.

Ann Leckie did a cute trick with her first Ancillary book, but she's already got a Hugo, so toss a coin on that one.

And Brian Niemeier wants a John C. Campbell award. So, check out Nethereal just in case.

This leaves us six books left ... If you can't  guess, yes, I would recommend my own novel, for reasons I'll go into below. I would also recommend Butcher, and Wright. I've read the Butcher, and what I'm reading of Wright makes me want to just hand him the award.

Sadly, Novik lost me when her Dragon series ran at least one book too long (I think they rewrote Waterloo to be a draw and I said "Nope. Thanks. I'm done."). And after that, all that's left is Williamson and Stephenson. Stephenson has gotten a few Hugos, so I'm not worried. As for Williamson ... you'll have to read him to get why.

But, again, your call.

By the way, while I remember, Lou Antonelli posted something in a FB group of mine recently, so I think he'd like it if I passed it along.

Obviously, as far as my stuff goes, I'd love to go in for the maximum amount of Puppy-Kicking discomfort. Like, you know, Best Novel, Best Related, and Best Fan Writer. I would love so see some of the comments at 770 call for my head. Please, 770 schlubs, I want you to.  BWAHAHAHAHAAH. (And yes, for those people who would like me to be precise in my provoking, I mean the guys in the comments section who are insane, not Glyer in particular).

I also await the bitching that my SP parody last year is a series of "death threats" -- yes, really. Some have said that. I think that will be especially amusing as they all going insane. I mean, hell, the ones who think I'll destroy SP4 were already amusing.

However, just for some amusement at my expect, as I was rereading that post from last October, I came across a line of mine that's hilarious in retrospect.

I think my "popularity" has to do with the fact that the year isn't over yet, and voting for Sad Puppies 4 is about two months old.

Oops.

And now you understand why, even though I'm relatively certain I'd be hard-pressed to even get a single nomination (really, just one), I'm not ruling anything out. Why? Because I didn't expect to get this far. And Sad Puppies Bite Back might be something I could win. Best Novel? Heh heh heh.

And I'm really surprised I got even the SP4 suggestion in Best Novel.

Think about it: I don't know any of the Big Dogs personally. I'm hardly "a Name." Seriously, I'm on a list with, what, 7 or 8 NYTimes Bestselling authors?

Now, obviously, it's hardly head-scratching. At the end of the day, Sp4 suggestions went to the people whose fans showed up. Mine did. And I'm ever so grateful for that. And I'm not sure I can ever thank my fans, and my friends (all three of you), enough for showing up.

I'm surprised, I"m honored, I'm touched ... touched mostly in the head, but that's nothing new ... and I'll be interested to see just how far this goes. Because I'd really like to show up at WorldCon with a full-sized SP4 t-shirt, and recording the reactions I get. Maybe if Patrick Nielson-Hayden would want to get into a shouting match with me, and see how far that goes, hmm?

Now, pardon me, I have nearly 66,000 words and 217 pages done in Set to Kill, so I should probably get back to it.

Music blog: Nightwish - Ghost Love Score

Yup. Nightwish is back.

No Christmas music, I'm out of Christmas Music right now.

We still have plenty kicking around the blog right now, so just search for Christmas music, I'm sure you'll find some.

Music blog: Dark Chest of Wonders by Nightwish

Listen close. I think you'll like this one.

Happy Thanksgiving all.

NIGHTWISH - Storytime

Nightwish: Crownless

Because Nightwish.

I think I'm Puppied out for this week. Between Irene Gallo being insane, Tom Doherty trying to maintain his publishing company's dignity, and everyone else doubling down on Gallo's inane psychotic break, I think I've had enough time swimming in the psycho end of the gene pool. With any luck, the nutters will take a breath for a few hours.

Give me a few days, okay?  I've got a radio show to record on Sunday, with video games and Joss Whedon, etc, so we'll see what happens.

Within Temptation - Frozen

Do you hear that?  Listen..... No more puppies.  Huh. See, I told you, Murphy's law was right. I say that I give up, that there will be no definitive end of the Puppies until it's over ... and right then, it's done. No one has provided new ideas, suggestions, or prompts. We can go back to business as usual, like comic books and Joss Whedon, and ....

Oh wait, those were articles from the last two days....

... I don't have anything else to write today....

So, music blog!

Yes, the Within Temptation kick continues. I found a new one.  This one has a story in the video..

Within Temptation: Paradise

We'll ignore that it looks like Fallout 3 ...

Oh heck, that's half the charm.

Within Temptation, and Tarja, the former lead singer for Nightwish.

Because Nightwish.

Music Blog: Nightwish's Last ride of the day

A regular job has come my way, so it's starting to eat up time I would otherwise use for the blog. So, you'll find more and more music blogs popping up as we go along.

This I grabbed from both John Ringo (see: recommended reading), and Mookie, of Dominic Deegan.

The group is Nightwish, who I've had in prior music blogs. The song is the "Last ride of the day."

And I suggest you hang around for the lyrics. They are truly something to be inspired by. I couldn't get the video I wanted, mainly because it couldn't be embedded. I'll live.

Music to Write to: Cruxshadows, Nightwish, and Doctor Who ... sort of.

Yup, another music blog. What do you have to lose?

To start with, as always, there has to be at least one cut from Two Steps from Hell. The title Protectors of the Earth, always makes me think of Doctor Who.

I tripped over this one recently. I had been playing through videos for "This is War" (previous post) and uncovered this tune by accident. I think it works.

Music to Write To: Winterborn, Cambreadth, and Over the Hills....

Sometimes your friends know best.

After months of doing non-fiction, "high-intellect" blog posts, some of my friends could see what it was doing to me better than I could. Let's just say that they could tell I was under a strain. Also, they found the posts boring.

So, time for something fun.

It's been a while since I posted a music blog, and I really think I should get back into the swing of posting whatever I like. Which include history, blowing stuff up on paper, and doing it to really cool music.

Here's some more stuff that I enjoy writing to.