‼️ Exclamation for and by the Disabled and Chronically Ill ‼️ is our theme for our June issue collab with Exclamation Mark Literary Journal! Check out some ideas we have about what we'd love to see when we open (very soon and keep your eyes peeled for THAT news)!

*hearing a sudden thunder and lightning storm* quick! Read! Write! Coziness is power! 🤣

Actual footage of me suddenly getting more ideas for the book I’m writing and writing all the ideas down as fast as I can😂 I really thought this next book would just be an adult mystery without speculative elements. Pshh what was I thinking?😂

Found myself in the wild Kula botanical gardens in Maui, Hawaii.🌺 Updated author pic!

I wrote a poem about autism, chronic illness, and having needs that conflict with each other within one's own body. It was published in @wishbonewords.bsky.social, a literary magazine dedicated to the experiences of disabled folks. You can buy the magazine here: wishbonewords.com/magazine/iss...

My Success Story Interview through QueryTracker is LIVE! Go read it here: querytracker.net/offers/inter... for: #amquerying #writers

Psst...just a reminder that I do query letter critiques for $20 each. I have BAs in English and Creative Writing, 5 years of editing experience, and am agented myself. I'm trying to earn some $ for extra medical payments! ko-fi.com/c/86500be530

*excited squeal* my bio and pic are up on the Mad Woman Literary Agency website🥰 #amagented

Shout out to the lady getting chemo who gave me a chocolate granola bar when I started my monthly lupus infusion today. It’s the little things that matter 💜

So excited to be working with Kelly on her adult and YA speculative mysteries! Editors, you’d better be ready for a ghostly good time soon! 👀👻

Your EIC has a literary agent 🥰

🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨: I’m SO excited to announce that I’m officially represented by Alex Land (@alexbrownwrites.bsky.social) at @madwomanliterary.bsky.social, and I’m so happy to have a passionate person championing my YA and adult mysteries! 🤩🎉 (1/2)

@wishbonewords.bsky.social published a poem I wrote titled, "Chaos & Cacophony," in issue 16!

A fun start to a fun weekend! 🎂

BLOOD ON OUR NAMES - A fey courtly murder plot with: 🧌 unlikely found family 💀 betraying secrets ❤️‍🔥 Terrible father figures 🐦‍⬛ The cost paid in being gifted magic 🍂 Finding courage 🧚 Second chances 🪓 an escape from fate only to end up in the arms of destiny #QuestPit #W #F #A #Dis #LGBT

GIDEON THE NINTH x V FOR VENDETTA Two necromancers (enemies and ex-lovers) must join forces to take down the authoritarian government of their isolated city state--or lose their lives and their newly-resurrected love. #QuestPit #A #F #Q #agents #amquerying

Starling House X A House with Good Bones. THE GHOST OF BONGAON is a fantasy folk horror that follows a woman trapped in a fog-sealed village, where a sentient house and a resurrected boy force her to confront the evil she once unleashed. #questpit #h #a #q #litagents #amquerying #agentsguide

I have been told time and time again I shouldn’t run due to certain health issues. Especially when my chronic illness was unbearable, I didn’t know if I could ever return to it. Well, I did. I’m still not where I want to be, but I’m improving🥹 A LOT!

My birthday weekend is this weekend, and I'm sooo excited. Can it be Friday all readyyy? Pleeeease! I've got such a fun three days coming up!! 🎂

Kelly is the EIC at the wonderful Flare Lit Mag @flarelitmag.bsky.social #BookSky #WriterSky

just saying...now might be the time to subscribe to my author newsletter... I don't post often, but I talk about writing, querying, etc.

Excited to announce I have a prose poem about being stubborn (lol), emotion/grief, and chronic illness, titled "blistered," out today with #redrosethornsjournal! 🤗

I just binge watched His & Hers and oh my gosh!! The TWIST was too good!!! 🔍

literally the best feeling ever when you become re-inspired to write again🥰 #amwriting

Curated another issue of FLARE, the literary magazine I am editor-in-chief of! Go give it a read! The issue is on medication (for mental health, chronic illness, and disability) and breaking the stigma surrounding it by talking about it!

Excited to announce my literary magazine was also nominated for the 2026 Indieverse Awards for the “Book Media I Always Catch Up On” category!

Our EIC's poetry chapbook about lupus, a chronic illness, is a nominee for both the Love the Skin You're In and The Boundary Pusher categories for the Indieverse Awards! 🔥

So excited to announce my poetry chapbook about lupus, a chronic illness, that's titled A SPOONIE'S GUIDE TO SELF-ACCEPTANCE was nominated for TWO categories of the Indieverse Awards: Love the Skin You're In and The Boundary Pusher! 🥰🎉

So excited to announce my poetry chapbook about lupus, a chronic illness, that's titled A SPOONIE'S GUIDE TO SELF-ACCEPTANCE was nominated for TWO categories of the Indieverse Awards: Love the Skin You're In and The Boundary Pusher! 🥰🎉

Woohoo! I've got a prose poem titled "blistered" accepted by redrosethorns journal! Can't wait to share this piece about mental health! 🫶💝

Looking for more editing projects! I have: 5 yrs of editing experience BAs in English/Creative Writing edited all types of writing! kellyesparza.com/editing-writ... I typically edit query letters for $20, but for a limited time, I'm open to a "pay what you can" basis. I'm flexible with pricing!

😂 Exactly how I feel after getting a monthly lupus infusion today. So ready to zonk out tonight😮‍💨

Happy Easter (if you celebrate)! 🐰🐣 Exclamation Mark Literary Journal published my apple-y poem about chronic illness, titled "to the core."🍎 Go read it here:

Excited to have received a lovely acceptance from @micromancemagazine.bsky.social! I switched things up this time and didn't send in flash but a love poem! Can't wait to share!

So excited to announce that I have a poem titled “to the core” about apples and chronic illness coming out soon with Exclamation Mark Lit! Woohoo! I really appreciate their less than 24 hours response☺️ Can't wait to share it, along with a photograph I took a while ago that goes with it! 🎉

Been getting fantasy short stories rejected up the wazoo lately, but either, I'll keep submitting them to lit mags, or I'll just create a short story collection at this point. Turning rejection "pain" into power. 😂

I never thought I would get awarded in a writing contest, let alone FIRST place... I seriously can't believe it. This is a dream come true. 🥹 Thank you to @flarelitmag.bsky.social for hosting this inspiring contest, and congrats to all the talented participants for creating art!

Announcing our winners, runners up, & longlist for the Strength in Stories Contest! We received nearly 500+ subs. This is a big achievement! Read the winning pieces: flare-magazine.com/contest-resu... Winners: 1st place: @kancollan.bsky.social 2nd place: Maggy Adeleye 3rd place: Pratibha Kumari 1/2

So proud to be in this issue with a prose poem about lupus!!! Ahhh these stats!🤯 Truly so honored!!

Cover Reveal: 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐕𝐨𝐥. 𝟕, 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝟏 will be available on 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔. 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐫𝐭 - “Teal Sovereign” by 𝐙𝐚𝐡𝐫𝐚 𝐙𝐨𝐠𝐡𝐢

ANNOUNCEMENT: FLARE is opening to a THEMED mini issue from April 1st to April 4th, end of day on the theme of "medication." Feel free to be creative with this theme. We've listed some things we'd love to see, but surprise us! Informing you now since this is a short sub call!

psst...we might announce our April issue's theme on Sunday! Get ready! 🥄

Love having long text message threads via DMs on social media with 5+ people. I love it. I love the chaos. I love connecting with other writers who write as many paragraphs as I do while messaging 😆

So, I got threads. Feel free to follow me: www.threads.com/@kelwritesbo...

Ughhhh been in a rejection slump lately. Is it stopping me? Never. Is it kind of bumming me out though? Lol, a little bit. But so it goes. Between query/full rejections and lit mag rejections, it's been a rough rejection couple of weeks. But I'm still writing, still submitting! #amwriting

Love love love how my story Cypress Mother looks published in @flarelitmag.bsky.social . It came out yesterday, and I'm so pleased the editor @kellyesparza.bsky.social felt it was a good match for the issue. Congrats to all the other writers, too 👏💕🙏 flare-magazine.com/cypress-moth...

First issue of 2026 is out! Go read this amazing issue that features #disabled, #chronicallyill, #neurodivergent, and #mentalhealth stories and art!

Taking a break from writing the next novel looks like: writing short stories, flash fiction, microfiction, poetry, and essays right and left and submitting to lit mags😂 so basically, I never actually stop writing. #amwriting

I'm coming across some very unexpected medical/necessity costs that are making me nervous. I'm open to for freelance edits: kellyesparza.com/editing-writ... I've been struggling to work a lot due to my chronic illness, so life has felt hard lately. Or I also have a Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/kellyesparza

🔥✍️ Taking Submissions ✍️🔥 Flare Magazine is running the Strength In Stories Contest. Theme: Disability as a Strength. 💰 Prizes up to $140 🗓 Deadline: March 1, 2026 🔗 horrortree.com/taking-submi... From @flarelitmag.bsky.social #WritingContest #CallForSubmissions #CreativeWriting