So if you’re interested in getting Migration: Beginnings on a non-Kindle platform, then you should take a look at Smashwords. And as an incentive, you can use coupon code YP66G at checkout to take 25% off. Good only at Smashwords, and expires on March 31st – so head over there now!
Link to the book on Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/704954
So many people like and use the Kindle format, either on a Kindle reader itself or within the Kindle app. I tend to read that way, because it can keep track of your progress in a book, sync with Goodreads, among other things. But the thing for me is, it doesn’t sync between devices – at least not for books that you don’t get from Amazon. And if you take part in ARC (advance reading copies) programs or downloads from Instafreebies or the like, then that book stays on the device you downloaded it to and doesn’t get shared with your other devices.
Which is why I’m happy to announce that Migration: Beginnings is now available on not just Kindle, but iBooks, Smashwords, Barnes & Noble, and even libraries starting Tuesday, March 7th! The book is live in many of these bookstores, but get delivered to Kobo and libraries starting tomorrow. And as a special for libraries, I’ve made the books free. So if you’re interested in reading from your local library (many of which take advantage of the Overdrive reading app), you should be able to download a copy and read it from your libraries starting soon.
Hope this makes people’s Mondays just a bit better!
Oh man… So when I wrote ‘Migration: Beginnings’, all I had was the whiteboard (which I told you about in the first Vlog that I produced), and my notes that I typed up and kept in a Microsoft Word document. And that’s all I really needed. Why? Because it was so fresh in my head, that I never doubted a thing.
And then I finished the book, read quite a lot, and have written other stuff since then that’s not related to Migration. So when I went to write out something about Rhys, the lead character from Migration, I suddenly had to know what college he went to – where he got his undergrad work, and where he got his PhD. (Turns out that it was Boston College for the undergrad, and University of California, Berkeley for his PhD – if you were curious). I used to know these items in great detail, even though they weren’t a part of the book. It was still something that was in my head.
That’s why you should always start a book with not only an outline, but a character biography. Just a single page that tells you everything you need to know about the person. And I’ve started doing them now, in anticipation of continuing the sequel to Migration: Beginnings. Like for instance, Jason is the middle child of three, was voted his high school’s class clown, and went to the University of Washingon. Whereas Captain Clarice Franks is bisexual, was born in Germany but on a US Military base, and has wanted to fly ever since her father took her up in his private plane when she was barely out of diapers.
Proper preparation, y’all!
