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

Working until my lupus acts up by giving me a bad headache or my joints swelling is what I'd like to say is my version of Eleven from Stranger Things having a nosebleed after exerting herself😂

I’m officially open for queries from now through Feb 15th. I’m looking forward to seeing all the wonderful work you end my way! querymanager.com/ErnieChiara

Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our Second Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 26, 2026. 🎉🎉🎉 Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying. Learn more: manuscriptwishlist.com/2025/01/the-...

Gotta love that #disabledrep! If you're looking for a picture book for kids that has disabled rep, we highly recommend pre-ordering @jlockettauthor1.bsky.social's new picture book!

This year, I decided to start doing book reviews on my socials. First up, @jlockettauthor1.bsky.social! I received an ARC of Jake’s picture book, MY LIFE AS AN ASTHMANAUT, that will be published by @freespiritbooks.bsky.social soon! Read the comments for the ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review!

YOU GUYS I just got a really super great email from @kellyesparza.bsky.social and @flarelitmag.bsky.social!!!

NOT QUITE DEAD YET x GLASS ONION but with ghosts At her estranged sister's party, Abby Martinez doesn’t expect to get stabbed in the back, literally. Now she must solve her own murder before any of the other guests die and to pass on to the afterlife. #questpit #A #MY #PR #S #F #Latinx #Q

GLASS ONION x NOT QUITE DEAD YET When Abby is killed at a party, Fate connects her soul w/ Wyatt, the only guest who can see her as a ghost. They must both solve her murder, but if they can't by midnight, Wyatt will die too & Abby will never pass on to the afterlife. #questpit #Q #A #MY #PR #S #F

NOT QUITE DEAD YET x GLASS ONION but with ghosts At her estranged sister's party, Abby Martinez doesn’t expect to get stabbed in the back, literally. Now she must solve her own murder before any of the other guests die and to pass on to the afterlife. #questpit #A #MY #PR #S #F #Latinx #Q

Firefly Lane x Liane Moriarty Disabled GenX Ellie reconnects with her college crush, but her friends suspect him in the unsolved disappearance of one of their group on graduation day. Ellie must risk her safety to learn the truth about her missing friend. #QuestPit #Q #A #WF

Why Ellie is nostalgic for ‘90s college: 👩‍❤️‍👩BFF Brooke not missing 😘Crush Eric shyly smiled in computer lab 🎶Happiness = mixtape + Walkman Today: 🤑Broke ☠️Divorced 💔Brooke missing Now Eric is back & not shy! But hiding truth about Brooke…?👀 #QuestPit #Q #A #WF

TRAIN FROM PLATFORM 2 X WE USED TO LIVE HERE X TELL-TALE HEART Hamlet, flipped on its head Dual POV (sibs Ophelia & Laertes) A private train to a will reading 2 snowed-in murders & a haunting F/F enemies to lovers to— ❄️Querying soon❄️ #questpit #agentsguide #A #T #H #W

Ravensgrove Academy is trying to rid the school of witches. So when star student Gwen is caught doing magic by the principal's rebellious son, she's sure she'll be expelled. Instead, he offers her a deal—pretend to date him, and he won’t tell anyone she's a witch #questpit #YA

ERIC LAROCCA xGIRL INTERRUPTED Ash doesn't believe in curses--not really--but when she recklessly casts one, people who have hurt her start ending up dead. If she can't find the countercurse, it will strike down everyone she loves--she may never recover from her depression #QuestPit #Q #A #H #LGBT

ERIC LAROCCA x GIRL INTERRUPTED Ash doesn't *really* believe in curses, but when she recklessly casts one, people who have hurt her start ending up dead. If she can't find the counter-curse, it will strike down everyone she loves--& she may never recover from her depression. #QuestPit #Q #A #H #MH

Soon to Query! KPOP DEMON HUNTERS X SLAY By day, Mia & her friends are a viral pop group. By night, they're vigilantes who fight virus monsters in a metaverse. ⚡️Mixed Race/Chinese Rep 🐶TALKING CORGI 🔥Magical Cyber Girls ❤️Hot (rival?) Boy Band 💥Cyber Boss Battles #questpit #ya #f #sf #q

SAILOR MOON x HANNAH MONTANA x TRON By day, Mia & her friends are a hot pop group. By night they're vigilantes who fight virus monsters in a metaverse. ⚡️Mixed race & Chinese rep 🐶TALKING CORGI 🔥Magical Cyber Girls 🗺️Diaspora themes 💞Rivals to lovers #questpit #ya #f #sf #poc #q

GLASS ONION x NOT QUITE DEAD YET When Abby is killed at a party, Fate connects her soul w/ Wyatt, the only guest who can see her as a ghost. They must both solve her murder, but if they can't by midnight, Wyatt will die too & Abby will never pass on to the afterlife. #questpit #Q #A #MY #PR #S #F

Will be participating in #questpit on Twitter & Bluesky tomorrow but not creating a list this time due to my health not being great & being busy, BUT I will try to swing by & boost whoever I see! The community is everything w/ pitch events🩵 #amquerying

Excited to announce that I have a prose piece about my frustrations with lupus and seeking the medical help one needs called "Push and Pull" getting published with @inkinthirds.bsky.social in spring 2026 for their tenth anniversary issue! 1 a.m. rants for the win!😆

you know you're querying when you start having dreams about getting offers of rep again😂 #amquerying

Yesterday, my poetry chapbook about living with my #chronicillness published by #BottlecapPress was stocked at small bookstore #OldHauntsBookshop in Granite Bay, CA! Ahhh so cool to see! 💜💜 buy my book here: kelly-esparza-merch-and-books.square.site/s/shop

Wow! A weekend of good news! -a partial request yesterday -a full request today -an accepted piece today by @genrepunkmag.bsky.social that will appear in July! Helloooo, January! #amquerying #amwriting

We just published our first newsletter! Check it out and subscribe for FREE! #litmags #chronicillnesses #disabilities #mentalhealth

Me: I can't wait to query my next book! Let's gooooo! 🤩 *I was previously agented, two YA novels died in the trenches despite having editor interest from bigger publishers, and I'm back with my first adult book😂 🤣 Me just a few days in to my main #amquerying era for my new book:

*semi-finalist for Tucson Festival of Books Awards My #A #M #PN #F #Q includes: 💪 strong #OV female MC ❤️ mental health & grief rep 💔 relationship issues ♿ #DIS rep 👻 new take on the afterlife 🔪 Abby gets murdered & has to solve her own murder as a 👻 to pass on to the afterlife & save other guests

✨ONE DARK WINDOW x KATABASIS✨ Lola Knight is cursed with a violent dark magic. When it kills her best friend, she must attend Le Fay academy to seek control before it kills again-or consumes her. But the monstrous mystery waiting for her could consume her entire world. #bluepit📖 #A #F #LGBT #Q #OV

WHEN DEVILS SING X FEAR STREET "Four pieces reunited by sinner's hand may finally break the Curse." Looks like Chava Rose is sinning. 💞 Women's autonomy ✡️ Jewish mythology ❤️🩹 Star-crossed lovers who refuse to give up 🌈 Diverse ensemble cast ⚖️ Strong themes of equality #YA #H #Q #OV #BluePit📖

SAILOR MOON x HANNAH MONTANA x TRON By day, Mia & her friends are a hot pop group. By night they're vigilantes who fight virus monsters in a metaverse. ⚡️Mixed race & Chinese rep 🐶TALKING CORGI 🔥Magical Cyber Girls 🗺️Diaspora themes 💞Rivals to lovers #Bluepit #Bluepit📖 #ya #f #sf #q #poc