Ashley
@ashleyespinoza.bsky.social
Writer and also complainer. Millennial. Leo. Mother.
2025 Periplus Fellow.
Words in JMWW, The Forge, Reckon Review, Assay, Bending Genres, River Teeth, Brevity’s Blog, Atticus Review, Janus Literary, Mom Egg Review.
ashleyespinoza.com
2025 Periplus Fellow.
Words in JMWW, The Forge, Reckon Review, Assay, Bending Genres, River Teeth, Brevity’s Blog, Atticus Review, Janus Literary, Mom Egg Review.
ashleyespinoza.com
I love to hoard PDF’s.
November 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I love to hoard PDF’s.
Okay Threads is wild and has sucked me into that crazy ass algorithm so I’m gonna try to spend my time here and hope to actually talk to and interact with writers and not randos.
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Okay Threads is wild and has sucked me into that crazy ass algorithm so I’m gonna try to spend my time here and hope to actually talk to and interact with writers and not randos.
Hiiiiiii I wrote a new short story today!
October 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Hiiiiiii I wrote a new short story today!
Please read my very first fiction publication!
Thank you to @mrbullbull.bsky.social for giving it a home.
Thank you to @mrbullbull.bsky.social for giving it a home.
"Tony's jealous of a lot of shit. He once found a photo of me & a friend kissing at her 19th birthday & called me a dirty whore who deserved to be punished. I thought about that as I came. I was a dirty whore & I did deserve to be punished." -Ashley Espinoza mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
September 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Please read my very first fiction publication!
Thank you to @mrbullbull.bsky.social for giving it a home.
Thank you to @mrbullbull.bsky.social for giving it a home.
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#DVpit 2025 is coming up!
🎉And we have over 70 agents & editors committed to participate in this pitch event for marginalized creators!🎉
✍️Polish up those pitches before October 8, 2025
🔗And go to dvpit.carrd.co for more info
#writersky #authorsky #booksky
🎉And we have over 70 agents & editors committed to participate in this pitch event for marginalized creators!🎉
✍️Polish up those pitches before October 8, 2025
🔗And go to dvpit.carrd.co for more info
#writersky #authorsky #booksky
August 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
#DVpit 2025 is coming up!
🎉And we have over 70 agents & editors committed to participate in this pitch event for marginalized creators!🎉
✍️Polish up those pitches before October 8, 2025
🔗And go to dvpit.carrd.co for more info
#writersky #authorsky #booksky
🎉And we have over 70 agents & editors committed to participate in this pitch event for marginalized creators!🎉
✍️Polish up those pitches before October 8, 2025
🔗And go to dvpit.carrd.co for more info
#writersky #authorsky #booksky
Reposted by Ashley
We are creating a Spanish language section on The Rumpus, for original creative work written in Spanish and are looking for a volunteer editor for this section. If this could be you, please send a brief letter of interest to roxane@therumpus.net by Tuesday, September 2nd!
August 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
We are creating a Spanish language section on The Rumpus, for original creative work written in Spanish and are looking for a volunteer editor for this section. If this could be you, please send a brief letter of interest to roxane@therumpus.net by Tuesday, September 2nd!
I haven’t seen my uncle in 20 years but he came over and opened my fridge to see what was inside. Family is so funny like this.
August 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I haven’t seen my uncle in 20 years but he came over and opened my fridge to see what was inside. Family is so funny like this.
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"You can’t have two depressive & anxious people in a relationship because one of you rawdogs your mental health by making offensive jokes & the other curls up around a childhood stuffy named Giraffe." @stephanieaustin.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
August 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
"You can’t have two depressive & anxious people in a relationship because one of you rawdogs your mental health by making offensive jokes & the other curls up around a childhood stuffy named Giraffe." @stephanieaustin.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
Please apply to Periplus if you’re eligible! This fellowship is evening to me this year!
Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2026 class of fellows! Apply by 9/20: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) here: bit.ly/periplusfaq
You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) here: bit.ly/periplusfaq
PERIPLUS: An FAQ
PERIPLUS: AN FAQ Updated August 2025 Hi! Thanks for your interest in Periplus, a mentorship collective serving U.S. writers who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color. We're glad you’re here. Rea...
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August 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Please apply to Periplus if you’re eligible! This fellowship is evening to me this year!
Cool story about student loans accruing interest but not requiring payments. Cool cool cool.
July 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Cool story about student loans accruing interest but not requiring payments. Cool cool cool.
Okay if I complain about writing on Bluesky no one will try and sell me their services? Or will they?
July 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Okay if I complain about writing on Bluesky no one will try and sell me their services? Or will they?
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Also We Will Shoot Back by Akinyele Omowale Umoja which is about armed resistance in Mississippi. Discourse always focus on one kind of protest but I assure you, it’s a lot more complicated than the Disney version that makes some of you comfortable. It’s not supposed to be comfortable! It can’t be!
June 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Also We Will Shoot Back by Akinyele Omowale Umoja which is about armed resistance in Mississippi. Discourse always focus on one kind of protest but I assure you, it’s a lot more complicated than the Disney version that makes some of you comfortable. It’s not supposed to be comfortable! It can’t be!
As are we all unwell. In a multitude of ways. Like some people are unwell and make bad decisions and the rest of us are unwell due to those decisions.
June 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
As are we all unwell. In a multitude of ways. Like some people are unwell and make bad decisions and the rest of us are unwell due to those decisions.
Not the menswear guy.
June 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Not the menswear guy.
Another year where I consider 1000 words of summer and don’t write a single word 😝
I have been editing though.
I have been editing though.
June 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Another year where I consider 1000 words of summer and don’t write a single word 😝
I have been editing though.
I have been editing though.
I edited one chapter today. This book is ~almost~ done.
May 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I edited one chapter today. This book is ~almost~ done.
If I edit 1.5 pages of this chapter I can be done but what if I just don’t?
May 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
If I edit 1.5 pages of this chapter I can be done but what if I just don’t?
I hope alternate universe me is happy. Or is she miserable hoping I’m the happy one?
May 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I hope alternate universe me is happy. Or is she miserable hoping I’m the happy one?
I know I won’t quit writing but I’m having a what if I quit writing day.
May 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I know I won’t quit writing but I’m having a what if I quit writing day.
Wake up and choose writing!
May 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Wake up and choose writing!
I just got my very first fiction acceptance 🥰
May 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I just got my very first fiction acceptance 🥰
Okay hear me out I write my book in past tense and present tense and then someone (not me) decides which version is better.
May 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Okay hear me out I write my book in past tense and present tense and then someone (not me) decides which version is better.
Editing is just copying and pasting.
May 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Editing is just copying and pasting.
Sometimes a phrase will get stuck in my head and I won’t be able to remember where it originated. Lately it’s been “Good by to all that”
And of course today I came across that essay by Joan Didion.
And of course today I came across that essay by Joan Didion.
May 13, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Sometimes a phrase will get stuck in my head and I won’t be able to remember where it originated. Lately it’s been “Good by to all that”
And of course today I came across that essay by Joan Didion.
And of course today I came across that essay by Joan Didion.