@kellyesparza.bsky.social
Mystery writer for adults & teens | A SPOONIE's GUIDE TO SELF-ACCEPTANCE (poetry chapbook) @bottlecappress | freelance editor | 💜🥄 | EIC: @flaremagazine.bsky.social 🔥| layout @anascribe.bsky.social | she/her https://linktr.ee/kellyesparza
Thank you 🥰
10.12.2025 02:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Aww thank you so much!!
10.12.2025 02:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0In case you’re curious, it’s for this book:
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December 8, 2025 Dear Writer, Thank you for entering your work in the Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards competition. We appreciated the opportunity to read your writing. We received 719 submissions, and because of the many submissions of high quality, competition was tough and the judges’ decisions were difficult to make. Your submission is a semi-finalist in the fiction category. Finalists are invited to participate in Tucson, March 16-17. 2026, with workshop leaders Laura Da’, Caleb Gayle, Jason Mott, Shonda Rao… Pictured: strike out of cost of workshop and two white arrows in blue boxes pointing at semi-finalist.
BIG news! My adult speculative mystery is a SEMI-FINALIST for the fiction category for the Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards! In my #amquerying era but in a flare so I’ve been delayed BUT this means a lot as a @uarizona.bsky.social Creative Writing & English alum! ❤️ 719 subs total!🤯
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Being chronically ill is rough these days! Trying to pick up some extra editing work! I have BAs in English & Creative Writing and 5+ yrs of editing experience + I was previously agented! I have edited books, query letters, business writing, poetry, short stories, essays, etc.
Flexible w/ pricing!
Folsom author spotlights chronic illness in new book, by Dan Araujo, Kelly Esparza has an infectious laugh, usually punctuating the end of her sentences with a light chuckle brimming with positivity. An avid reader, she’s a book and magazine editor who earned her Bachelor’s degrees in English and Creative Writing before the age of 30.
Ahh! A reporter at the Auburn Journal wrote an article about my new poetry chapbook about lupus & me! I’m happy to use my voice to spread awareness! 💜🥄
Read the whole article here: goldcountrymedia.com/news/338640/...
Buy my book here: kelly-esparza-merch-and-books.square.site/s/shop
#GivingTuesday2025 I'm running a 30% off sale on
Etsy & if you buy my poetry chapbook about lupus, you'll get a FREE bookmark & sticker, w/ proceeds from both places going to the Lupus Foundation of America @lupus.org! If you just donate to @lupus.org, your donation is matched!
Get the links below!
I have an Etsy shop and bookselling site as a Facebook professional page! Go follow it here: www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
01.12.2025 01:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Through my site, you can buy a signed copy of my poetry chapbook that’s about my life with lupus for $10 and it’s FREE shipping worldwide and through tomorrow, you can get a FREE bookmark!
Buy here:
fall background with turkeys, apple cider/warm drink, corn, fall leaves, and acorns: Happy Thanksgiving (if you choose to celebrate) from FLARE! I am so thankful for this community and to you for sharing your support, your stories, your art with FLARE! You matter so much! xoxo, EIC Kelly Esparza
If you celebrate, Happy Thanksgiving from me to you! I am so incredibly thankful for the way FLARE has emerged as a community that many of us, myself included, needed this year! Your stories, your art--it all matters so much! 🧡 --EIC Kelly @kellyesparza.bsky.social
27.11.2025 16:01 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0So thankful my book was shared with NewPages!
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blue and white background: Giveaway: smiley icons, Follow These Steps: Follow @kellyesparza.bsky.social, tag a friend in the comments (counts as another entry), quote reblog and tag me. Randomly selected winner on 11/30/25 receives 1 FREE copy of my poetry chapbook published by Bottlecap Press!
yellow background with asterisks: A Spoonie's Guide to Self-Acceptance by Kelly Esparza, purple cover with spoon and fire
I'm running my 1st book giveaway! Follow @kellyesparza.bsky.social, tag someone, quote reblog and tag me!
A random winner on 11/30/25 receives 1 FREE copy of my poetry chapbook published by #BottlecapPress & a bookmark!
BONUS entry: add my book to Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
red background: FLARE Magazine logo with heart flame and matches: It's time to vote! Now through December 7th, you can vote for Chill Subs' Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards! FLARE gets to participate for the first time! Vote for FLARE, and bring awareness to all we do here!
It's that time again. FLARE gets to participate for the 1st time! If you like what FLARE does, vote for us for Chill Subs' Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards (@chillsubs.bsky.social)! Let's spread more awareness about what we're trying to accomplish! Vote: www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
17.11.2025 19:44 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0My lit mag isn’t even a year old yet and it’s already getting recognized🥹
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Soar the skies like a butterfly bookmark
Welcome to Kelly’s Merch and Books! Website
Butterfly bookmark!
I’m selling bookmarks now as merch that goes with my poetry chapbook published by #BottlecapPress! Soon, I’ll be selling signed copies & stickers!
Buy my bookmark here ($5 each): kelly-esparza-merch-and-books.square.site
Buy my poetry chapbook here: bottlecap.press/products/aspoke
Ahh thank you so much!! 😄 I hope you enjoy it!
07.11.2025 22:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
My poetry chapbook is on Goodreads! Add it here: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
Buy my book: bottlecap.press/products/asp...
#bottlecappress
My poetry chapbook is getting stocked in
@uapoetrycenter.bsky.social, my alma mater
@uarizona.bsky.social! 🤩 So thrilled! I am an alum with BAs in English and Creative Writing!
Want to read my poetry chapbook published by #bottlecappress? Buy a copy here: bottlecap.press/products/asp...
Can't believe I've already sold a good number of copies!🥰 I am trying my best to sell to bookstores, get interviews, and reviews. If you're interested or have any knowledge, please feel free to get in touch!
Buy my book: bottlecap.press/products/asp...
#smallpress #bottlecappress #poetry
yellow background with asterisks, purple cover of book: "A Spoonie's Guide to Self-Acceptance" by Kelly Esparza, picture of a spoon and fire
🚨BIG NEWS REVEAL🚨 So excited to share that I wrote a poetry chapbook about my lupus and the grief that comes with it. It's PUBLISHED with #BottlecapPress🥄🔥!
Order your copy here: bottlecap.press/products/asp...
#poetrycommunity #poet #smallpress #buymybook #writersofbluesky #newbooks
EIC Kelly has a new poetry chapbook out with Bottlecap Press! It's a collection about her lupus. If you feel like supporting a chronically ill writer and editor, here's a link to purchase: bottlecap.press/products/asp...
Paperback copies are $10 each, and digital PDFs are $3.50 each.
Aw thank you so much🥰
04.11.2025 02:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I just announced the news! It's pinned to my profile!
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yellow background with asterisks, purple cover of book: "A Spoonie's Guide to Self-Acceptance" by Kelly Esparza, picture of a spoon and fire
🚨BIG NEWS REVEAL🚨 So excited to share that I wrote a poetry chapbook about my lupus and the grief that comes with it. It's PUBLISHED with #BottlecapPress🥄🔥!
Order your copy here: bottlecap.press/products/asp...
#poetrycommunity #poet #smallpress #buymybook #writersofbluesky #newbooks
Some exciting writing news! No, this isn't related to the vague news lol!
But my extended romantic flash fiction story has been published as an ebook for @micromancemagazine.bsky.social's Kissmet Quarterly & as a physical copy soon! It's a holiday anthology!
Ebook: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FY3XWKBB
I get to announce some news soon!
No, it’s NOT about my novels and querying lol! I wish, but no.
ghosts, pumpkins, leaves background: Happy Halloween! Special Issue 2: Health Scares Is Out Now!
Happy Halloween! Special Issue 2: Health Scares is out now! Read the issue here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/special-issu...
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woods, trees, snowy woods, knife with blood, ghost, hands.
NOT QUITE DEAD YET x GLASS ONION
Abby doesn't expect to get murdered while attending a party in a snowy cabin. As a ghost, Fate is a big deal & her soul intertwines w/ another guest. By 12 a.m., she must solve her own murder b4 her fated soulmate at the party dies too.
#GhostPit #A #MM #Spec #PN
Well, in addition to participating in #pitdark on Twitter, I will be participating in #ghostpit here because well, my book has ghosts.🤪
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We have reports of the FIRST known offer of rep by a literary agent has been received due to #DVpit 2025! Less than 2 weeks is so fast, but is proof that the marginalized voices that participated are needed in publishing! We are so proud of everyone who put their work out there! #booksky #writersky
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