Inkfeather Pages is where I share the messier, more honest side of writing life — drafting, revising, the odd garden-fatigued Sunday, and everything in between. Expect notes from the desk, behind-the-scenes glimpses of works in progress, and the occasional ramble about what it actually takes to finish a novel.
Jemma Weir is a Scottish indie author of paranormal romance and urban fantasy with bite: magic is messy, love is fierce, and family means everything. Fantasy was her first love. Now she writes the kind of stories she always wanted to read — gritty, heartfelt, and just a little unhinged.
Week 1 July Camp Nano ends in 19778 words! I’m slightly ahead of Nano target, which is always nice, though its a long way to go before I get to the finish line. Draft 3 of Battered by Storms has gone pretty well. There have been some sticky bits that I’d expected and a few parts where the plan didn’t quite hold up and needed some small tweaks. I’m going to need to go through
The plan for 2023 July Camp Nano is to finish Battered by Storms Draft 3 for Camp nano, but it will depend on the length of the final revision. In theory, If I hit these averages its possible. But something could always go wrong. What is Camp Nano? Camp Nano happens in April and July, and it is a challenge to write, edit, anything you want during that month. Its a self set target, unlike
Now I’ve finished Draft 2 of Battered by Storms I’m looking for Beta readers for books 1-3. Comment below if you’re interested and I will get links shared. Book 1 Blurb When the full moon hunt ends with Hale poisoned and stuck as a wolf, Sam must choose between keeping her secret and losing Hale, or risking everything to save him. Buried by Earth, the first book in the Rift Bloodlines Paranormal Romance Series. It
Wohoo, another draft bites the dust. I have completed Draft 2 of Book 3 – Battered by Storms and its nearly ready for Beta. I broke a couple of things by the end of Draft 2 so it needs another a 3rd draft before I’ll torture anyone with it.
I ordered proof copies of my paperbacks through Draft 2 Digital for book 1 of Rift Bloodlines and Ernie’s collection. They look pretty cool I think. The font is too small, so I will defiantly need to get a new proof, but having these both in hand feels amazing. I should get the Proof edit back for The Life and Chaos of a Retired Old God back soon, and I can get the final edit
I have the Copy edits back for Rift Bloodlines Book 1 – Buried by Earth…. and I have finished reviewing them. For some reason, I’d thought this process would take a few weeks, but it didn’t – which is a nice change to over estimate ????. I learned that I clearly don’t understand commas, and sentence that use a clarifier of ‘which’ should not be its own sentence. There were a number of other things
Draft 2 of all the short stories for Rift Bloodlines are done! I’ve added a page to show my pretty new covers for them, and their titles. Origin Short Stories for Rift Bloodlines When I was writing the Rift Bloodlines series, I was struggling a bit with motivations around the characters’ wounds and how it stopped them from wanting to connect to with their mates. To try to help me cement it in my mind,
I got NaNoWriMo finished last week, and I was just shy of finishing Rift Bloodlines Book 2, but I made it over the line of Thursday. So book 2 Draft 2 is officially done! It’s not as clean as I was hoping, having gone from 35k to 71k long – though, to be fair, 15k of the first draft went straight in the bin (the salvage skip) so really it went from 20k to 71k.
