Jade Wilburn

Thank you for the feedback!

With the constables on her heels, thief Selene will do anything to avoid jail: even impersonate a Lady to protect Prince Henry until his coronation.

She’ll even get paid if she does a good job! But Selene will have to work for every coin bc the assassins won’t stop until Henry’s dead.

#PreDV #YA

Thank you so much! 😊

Thank you so much! 😊

Loved this pitch!

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Thief Selene only wanted to bribe Prince Henry — not thwart his murder.

On the run, she strikes a bargain: impersonate a Lady to find the mastermind. But court politics can be deadly.

If she isn’t careful, she’ll lose her heart and her head.

LITTLE THIEVES X THE MIDNIGHT BARGAIN

#PreDV #YA

16 y/o Selene just wanted to complete her heist and become a Master Thief— instead she’s embroiled in tea parties, dancing & murder attempts with a charming prince.

If she doesn’t keep her wits, her fake courtship won’t have a happy ending.

LITTLE THIEVES X THE MIDNIGHT BARGAIN

#PreDV #YA

Love the moodboard!

this is extremely fucking good, man. long live sentences that run honeysuckle right over the splintering fences of your mind and paragraphs that wheel like murmurations

Uncanny Magazine closes to short story submissions TODAY! When September 8 is finished everywhere on the planet, the submission portal will be closed!

Before #preDV & #DVPit thought I'd repost some pitching advice(1/7)
Here's a simple pitch rubric:

[CHARACTER] is/lives [STATUS QUO] until [INCITING INCIDENT]. Now if they don’t [MAIN GOAL] then [CONSEQUENCES].
OR
[MAIN MOTIVATION] only problem is [MAIN CONFLICT/HURDLE]

e.g. my old 140 char pitch:

Augur press novella and novelette submissions now open! Be a part of augur press’ debut line up. We’re looking for works from 12,500-40,000 words to launch as print books in 2027-2029. Canadian & international authors welcomed. Open July 6-August 30. Guidelines at augursociety.org/press-submissions.

HEY SFF WRITERS 👋✨

We want your books.

So we can acquire them.

And print them.

For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨

Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words.

Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread.

Pass it on 👀

And with over 1,000 words written tonight, this manuscript is now over 30k ✨

Pushed myself big time today and wrote about 2,750 words — finishing out the first draft of this short story at a total of 4,200 words exactly.

I feel so free! 😭

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If you need a reminder that what you're doing is worth doing, or a kick in the ass to start doing something you can be proud of, read @ldlewiswrites.com's write up on the Locus Award-winning Ignyte Awards.

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Working on things within my control… like actually writing more 😭

Working on an app for two speculative fiction grants and a new fantasy short story for @podcastle.org opening up to submissions again in Aug ☝🏽

Good morning our awards won an award
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Submission forms are open!!
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Let this be the motivation!

Switched over to editing an older manuscript and wrote 750 new words today 🙌🏾

“It wasn’t proper language for a queen’s vocabulary but nothing else conveyed the lunacy of what just happened — had that cunt-struck bastard lost his fucking mind?”

#writing #Booksky💙📚

We are floored in the best way: AMPLITUDES: An Anthology of Queer & Trans Futurity is a USA Today Bestselling book! We are THRILLED for @dianapho.bsky.social, @leemandelo.bsky.social, and all of our amazing contributors, and so happy to see queer &trans art supported now more than ever!

We are floored in the best way: AMPLITUDES: An Anthology of Queer & Trans Futurity is a USA Today Bestselling book!

We are THRILLED for @leemandelo.bsky.social, @dianapho.bsky.social, and all of our amazing contributors, and so happy to see queer & trans stories supported now more than ever! 💜

Happy Pride!!! Love all month and beyond 🌈

Watercolor + ink 🖋️ 🖼️

Thief Selene only took this heist to move up the guild’s ranks, not get embroiled in a prince’s assassination attempt. To find the mastermind, she pretends to be a Lady but if she doesn’t keep her wits, she risks losing her heart & her head.

#amquerying #writing #YA #fantasy #BookSky💙📚

Broke the 15k mark today on Draft Zero 👏🏾

“Carefully, she peeled back enough of the pelt to let her damp skin breathe in relief. The steel-like forearm clamped across her soft stomach however, meant she wouldn’t get further without waking her companion.”

#writing #Booksky💙📚

1722 words today! Amazing what you can do when you tell yourself no dinner until you finish your pomodoros for the day 🥲

“As it was, she was dealing with a serious lack of information and since she lost her phone, there was only one remedy. A library visit was in order.”

#writing #Booksky📚💙

Thank you! 😊

Gotta keep up the intrigue ☝🏽