So…i’ve managed to at least stick to my schedule for the month of April, even posting an extra chapter to Patreon! So swing by and read the first three chapters of Predators Moon! Links below!
Predators Moon (Prologue)
Predators Moon (Chapter One)
Predators Moon (Chapter Two)
I’m already over half way through finishing a raw edit of Chapter Three and Four getting prepared for May’s chapters!!!!!
Dustin knew his eyes had to be playing tricks on him, leaning forward, watching the small stand of trees just beyond the rustic barrier. He thought he saw a woman standing there, but the light was so dim it had to have all been his mind.
Widows Ridge is up for pre-order now!
Four Things about Widows Ridge That I hope makes you want to pick it up! The book is up for pre-order as both an ebook and paperback!
And If you really want to know the dirt…you should go check out Patreon where there is more detail on these facts that you might find interesting!
What is the Predators Moon?
The spinoff starring the would be alpha from Full Wolf Moon! This is a prequel to the second book in the Howling Moon series but this book does not require that you read either of the first two books in the series. So this is a good standalone book series in the same world as Emily Meyer!
So I won’t spoil it beyond that, Alma does tell Emily about her attack in the second book, so everyone who has read that book knows part of the story! This is the rest! I will be posting two chapters every month on Patreon with hopes of re-releasing it in 2025 as a full e-book and paperback!
The cover I’m currently posting with the book is a temporary cover that I had made over a year back when I thought I was going to post this to Kindle Vella and it will get an update later upon release!
Link to Patreon at bottom!!
91 Days into 2024…
So I’m still going to do this update just not weekly, once a month so I don’t bore all of you with a weekly update just on progress.
Widows Ridge….I have the paperback proof copy! I’ve seen the e-book proof! Everything is go and now comes the fun part….marketing….the real horror story. So be prepared for a month of Widows Ridge, images, snippets and facts all in hopes of getting you interested in this short Novella!!
Word count for March was just under 6,000 words so I’m on a downward spiral that I need to fix now. But in my defense, I did a lot of editing during March! For the year puts me at 31,698 so at least I’m still averaging 10k a month.
April goals – 10 k words written, 10 chapters editing, 2 chapters to Patreon, 1 short story!
To celebrate the one year anniversary of the release of Fairywood Falls, the E-book will be just 99 cents from now until the first of May!
So it’s kind of long over due update on the Howling Moon series. This is sort of a good news bad news situation. Full Wolf Moon, the second book in the series came out in winter of 2022 and I had truly been hoping to get the third book in the series out by this coming winter. This is the bad news. After going through and reading book 3 I’ve decided it needs a major rewrite on the second half of the book, there is a lot in the book that I love and there is a lot that I have pulled that just doesn’t fit it. So it isn’t going to come out quite as quickly as I’d hoped but by the end of summer I should have some sort of update on the book!
The good news, the spin off book that I wrote is going to come out sooner than expected just not in print form. At least not this year in print. However, if you follow my Patreon starting in April you will get two ‘raw’ chapters a month of the book starring Alma! Which should bring it to an end around December of this year, at which point I will start planning on a full release of the book for next year!
While I do have another book coming out this year after Widows Ridge, my main focus beyond my steampunk novel will be the Howling Moon series for the rest of the year. I want to release book 3, the spin off starring Alma and a Novella starring Ashley all in 2025!
Just a quick mid week update considering I didn’t do my usually Monday update this week! The design process for Widows Ridge is done…well, nearly done. I’ve seen the digital proof, I’ve ordered a paperback proof with hopes of getting it next week! The Novella is already up for pre-order as an e-book and soon will be for a paperback! I will also be doing a pre-order on signed copies probably starting the first week of April!
A few updates on other projects coming soon, maybe as soon as tomorrow!
April 30th! It’s the official release date!
You can preorder the eBook now at the link at the bottom of page! The preorder for a paperback is also coming very soon. I’ll post when it is also available!
The hills of Harlan County are full of majestic beauty, hidden mysteries, and haunting tales that Dustin and Jacob grew up hearing. Widows Ridge was one of those terrifying tales. Widows Ridge, a story of a long-forgotten holler and the mesmerizing spider-like woman preying on anyone who would be tempted to trespass.
Dustin is to be married, but not before these two lifelong friends embark on his last hooray hunting trip that causes them to cross a web of trails that are long forgotten. They quickly learned the fabled stories that haunted their youth weren’t stories. What should have been a night of bonding for two old friends becomes a nightmare as the Widow seeks her prey.
I want to thank getcovers for the cover, they took my idea and ran with it and I think it plays off the creepiness of the story.
Steven Paul Watson, Author 