Wild Circle - Katje van Loon

One night it all becomes too much, and so you get up and walk out your front door. The phone calls, the TV blaring, neighbours yelling and pounding their way across your ceiling — something screams deep inside you, and snaps.

The walk is long but you relish the pain, the ache in your bones & feet.

Something calls you forward, or maybe it’s pushing you away — you don’t know. It doesn’t matter.

Your feet carry you past the city limits, out across farmlands and into meadows. The land gets less manicured. Animals scamper out of your way; you hear the bees buzz in the late summer light.

As the sun readies herself for bed, you enter the place you always promised your mother you’d never go: the border between civilization and chaos.

The Wildlands.

What is the Wild Circle?

The Wild Circle is…

a place to gather
a chance to connect
an online home

Less poetically, the Wild Circle is my reader membership program, delivered via Ream and Patreon.

Exclusive & Early Access

Members of the Wild Circle get early access to Works In Progress as well as exclusive access to behind the scenes info and stories not found anywhere else.

The Wildlands are not what you expected — while they are clearly not safe, nor are they dangerous. You watch your step, pay a bit more attention to where you place your feet.

The animals do not bother you. The night air feels cool on your skin, and you can smell the earthy scent of crushed herbs. Crickets chirp. Birds sing each other to sleep.

The vegetation grows thicker. Soon you find yourself in a forest.

Your heart beats a little faster, and a small inner voice tells you to go back.

You ignore it, and press on.

Back is where the noise never stops, where you can’t hear your own thoughts, let alone your soul.

Back is where you have pressed yourself between the sheaves of Must and Should, a once-wild flower on display for those who will never appreciate your essence.

You will go onwards, instead, deeper into the peace that has settled around you.

Deeper into the place where wildflowers grow, uncut by the blades of duty.

You enter a clearing, almost a perfect circle in shape.

Surely that is impossible.

Before you are three wild things: a woman sharpening her sword. A witch stirring a cauldron. And a wolf, sitting and watching you with the Long Stare.

With a knowing that goes deeper than bones and blood, you understand: this is the Wild Circle. A place of impossible things.

Welcome home.

Wild Things (followers)

Following is forever free!

Wild Things get access to:

my updates feed (+some polls)
a place to discuss things with other readers
a role in the Discord server
backlist novels Chosen of Kore, Stranger Skies, & Fate’s Promise

Feral Writer Conservation Society

$3 monthly

Did you know Feral Writers are in danger of habitat destruction and loss of food? For just $3 a month, you can help save these majestic creatures from destruction.

You will get the love and gratitude of the feral writer herself, as well as the following:

🌙 everything in the Wild Things tier

🌙 thank you in published works

🌙 access to some Wild Circle-exclusive writing

Plus, the warm fuzzies that come with the knowledge that you’re saving a species from extinction!

Witch’s Brew

$6 monthly

Your monthly offering allows me to continue to drink the magic potion, the witch’s brew that opens my mind and heart to wild stories.

(IE, coffee. Coffee is life.)

In return, you receive:

🌙 everything in the previous tiers

🌙 ebook downloads of Chosen of Kore & Stranger Skies

Sisterhood of the Wolf

$9 monthly

Wolves and witches have long been aligned, and in the Wild Circle they have formed their own coven.

Join their circle, taste of their magics, and you will receive:

🌙 everything in the previous tiers

🌙 access to another level in the forums and a private channel in the Discord server

🌙 early access to draft chapters of works in progress in The Borderlands Saga (portal fantasy)

🌙 Borderlands Saga extras (deleted + bonus scenes, maps, etc)

Shieldmaidens of Time

$13 monthly

Time travel is rife in the Wild Circle, what with all these stone circles lying around — but time needs defenders. The Shieldmaidens of Time protect the timeline, stopping paradoxes from ripping apart the space-time continuum and destroying us all.

Become a protector of time today and receive:

🌙 everything in the previous tiers

🌙 early access to draft chapters of works in progress in Chosen of Zarqon (romantic epic fantasy & fantasy romance) and Elemental Chemistry (steamy science-fantasy romance)

🌙 Chosen of Zarqon + Elemental Chemistry extras (deleted scenes, extra epilogues, bonus scenes, short stories, maps, etc)

Heroic Regiment

$26 monthly

Wild abandon has given way to tempered discipline, and you now count yourself among a company of heroines: a heroic regiment of warrior women one can count on to save the day.

Become a new recruit in the regiment and get your benefits package:

🌙 everything the previous tiers get

🌙 ebook downloads of early finished works (before edits)

Priestesshood of Aradia

$39 monthly

For centuries the priestesshood of the Aradian Order has kept the knowledge of the Goddesses alive, spreading their word and offering to them so we may continue to live prosperous lives in peace.

When you are called to the order, the Goddesses grant you with the following:

🌙 everything the previous tiers get

🌙 downloads of finalized ebooks (after final edits, ready for publication) in three file types: epub, mobi, and a special PDF not available to the public

Each tier gets access to the same perks whether you join at Ream or Patreon. The key difference is that Patreon members will not get serially-posted chapters of my steamy science-fantasy romance, Elemental Chemistry. Instead they will receive a download –either epub or PDF– of the early draft once the entire thing has been posted serially on the other platform.

If you have strong feelings about reading my romance books earlier than anyone else, then Ream is the place to go. Otherwise, it’s really about which platform you’re most comfortable on.