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.
It’s the end of quarter one and week 13 and it’s been an incredible start to the year with 2 books out and the third one ready to go in May – Check out the series here. I wrote multiple short stories, and started on my Death & Visions Series, blowing through book one and starting book 2. This has only been possible because of three years’ worth of work all coming together, but it’s
During week 12, I finished the planning for book 2 timeline and start into the edit of Broken Sight. It’s going a little slower than I would like, in part because I’ve had a few personal things on this week (red hair for the win!) that ate into my writing time. I also got my proof copy back from book 3 in the Highland Rift Pack, so the start of next week will be working
In week 11, I finally finished reading all the stories that form part of Book 2 of Death and Visions. Second Sight, Losing Sight, and Broken Sight are a collection of 3 stories from different points of views for the same series of events. This has been difficult because all three stories need to flow together. I’ve had to make some big changes through this, and I’d already altered how the world worked in book
I spent the start of Week 10 finalising the edits on the Highland Rift Pack prequel vol 3, and getting it published; you can download here if your part of my newsletter. Then I moved over to work on Death and Visions Book 2. This has been through 2 drafts, but since the first draft was 40k and the second draft was 93k, it was mostly first draft, and overall, it’s been pretty rough. But
Week 8 was all Short Stories. After last week’s hiccup with the Death and Visions Prequel, I managed to finish it this week. It’s still a little rough, but I think I have all the foundations in place. The Highland Rift Pack Prequel for Staci has been through quite a few drafts and was still missing something; thanks to my writer’s group, I think I managed to figure out what that was, and I added
For week 7, I started the short story but ran into an issue with the plot. The good news is that I fixed it; the bad news was I lost half the words I’d written, and by the time I finished editing, what was left was probably a lot more than that. But it was better I found the issue now rather than at the end of the short story. I also got a little
For week 6, I managed to get the rest of Blurred Lines done! There are a few places I need to go back to before it goes to an editor, and I need to write the prequel to ensure the few references I made actually happened. But other than that, I am thrilled with it. What did I get done in week 6? What’s coming next week?
Week 5 went great! I started on the read-through of Book 1, Blurred Lines, and I really enjoyed getting back to it. It was nearly done back in 2022 when I last looked at it, but I’ve learned a ton more since then, so I wasn’t sure how well that would go; it was nice to see it wasn’t as bad as I was expecting (besides the glaring grammar issues). What did I get done
Week 4 started well, but I realised something was wrong as I began to re-read Book 4 of the Highland Rift Pack. The pieces of the start were okay, but I knew the order still needed to be changed. It was also missing something, and I got 80% of the way through reading it before I finally realised what it was. There was no action. I was so focused on fixing the romance that I
