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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 06/08/2026

Hot take: Pill dispenser boxes are the most disappointing advent calendars.

A weekly pill dispenser box, showing compartments for each day of the week in rainbow colors.

Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 12/06/2026

Apparently when we stress, we ferment, so while @famousadventurer.bsky.social is mead-making, I have decided to make my very own first-time sourdough starter. This hungry little biome of microorganisms just doing their best needed the perfect name, and I think I found it: The Proletariat. ✊🏽

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 04/06/2026

The perfect #stetwalk during a particularly foresty edit. #amediting

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Ayesha Chari @ayeshachari.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Editor folks! Super excited for this today. Can't wait to see you all here. If anyone still misses our bird community, now very much scattered, this is one way to build something new for the flock to gather and share. Pay it forward. Follow @stetchat.com to make sure you don't miss out. #AmEditing

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

There are no “legitimate concerns” about trans people. There aren’t any about women’s safety or fairness in sports or kids being kids or fucking toilets. If there were you’d have heard of them before 2018. I am a cis white woman so you have to listen to me or I’ll cry.

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 01/06/2026

It's pride month! Hooray. This bisexual would like to point out that trans rights are human rights (more rights for them isn't fewer rights for me, duh) and that I'm more scared of mediocre straight white men in public than drag queens in libraries or trans folks in a bathroom stall.

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 28/05/2026

Hey, I did warn you about the typos. Of course this is where it happened. if*

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 28/05/2026

I'm up before dawn, thanks to feline overlord overreach, so let me tell you a little (a lot) about how brilliant human writers can't be replaced by genAI mediocrity machines, why romance novelists will save us, and how my editorial approach encourages them (the humans, not the evil robots, duh). 📚❤️‍🔥

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Alex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 22/05/2026

Win: Being asked to proofread a new edition of one of the greatest sci-fi books of all time. Power move: Finding egregious and unambiguous typos in it that have been clinging on since the 1970s. Have I peaked? #AmEditing

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 21/05/2026

Hey newbie editors, unofficially I'm considering starting to offer some kind of fiction-editing mentorship program. Right now I'm in the idea-fleshing-out stage. Mind helping me get a feel for waht people actually want/need? How do you imagine it working? #AmEditing

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 21/05/2026

Hooray! #StetChats are here. This has brought me back to Bluesky after a long time away, mostly because I got logged out on my phone and then got very busy. But here I am! Looking forward to the Stetchats and please bear with me as I catch up on follows/following back. @stetchat.com

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Erin Brenner (she/her) @ebrenner.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

In addition to all the editing tools I shared on my blog this week (www.righttouchediting.com/2025/09/11/s...), I've got a collection of of tools created by editors for editors: docs.google.com/spreadsheets.... Check 'em out! #AmEditing

media.tenor.com

a man in a suit and tie says edit edit edit in front of a shelf full of shoes

Alt: a man in a suit and tie says edit edit edit in front of a shelf full of shoes

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 12/09/2025

@chicagomanual.bsky.social Are you doing OK? Any ETA on fixing whatever's gone wrong? *tries to soothe the hyperventilating list of deadlines*

Screenshot from the Chicago Manual of Style Online: Page Under Maintenance: Due to temporary technical difficulties, some features of CMOS are currently unavailable. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please try again shortly, and if the issue persists contact cmoshelpdesk@press.uchicago.edu.

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Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Here's Alabaster, #StetPet editorial assistant of Morocco editor @geckoedit.com. "Alabaster's favorite spot in summer is on the deck, on this comfy lounger. That is, when he hasn't spent the day fishing. As long as I keep him supplied with treats and scritches, he's content to leave me to work."

Orange and white cat reclining on an aqua lounge chair, partially in the sun with tropical plant shadows on its face.

Orange and white cat sleeping on its side on a pillow, hugging two fish-shaped toys.

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 22/07/2025

My Bluesky account is becoming an "airing my gripes with M-W" account. I do like @merriam-webster.com, I swear. It's my favorite dictionary. My frustration is more with the inconsistencies of English as it is used than with the people working so hard to descriptively record it. #AmEditing

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 18/07/2025

No one really cares about the Oxford comma. But... @chicagomanual.bsky.social and @merriam-webster.com, the "begs the question" question begs the question: Does this mean war? Is "begs the question" OK for "invites the question?" Whose side are you on? #PedanticNonsense #AmEditing

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 16/07/2025

I've woken up in a very mentor-y kind of mood. So: If you're a fiction editor at the start of your career, or you're stuck on something editing-related, how can I help? I'm great at answering questions on: - Word styling - client management - CPD - efficiency - SPaG #AskMeAnything #AmEditing

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 14/07/2025

I *totally* helped this happen.

At long last, blowjob dominates over blow job.

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 14/07/2025

I lived in Mauritius in the nineties, when there was a werewolf scare. The police put a notice in the newspaper saying "The werewolf does not exist, but if you see it, please report it..."

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 17387: The world is filled with writing advice. Some of it is personal, some of it is fairly universal. But advice is only ever advice: all authors are different. And if a method doesn't work for you, or get you the results you need, you don't have to follow it.

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Kellye Garrett @kellyekell.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Genuinely was surprised that Missing White Woman won the Thriller Award for Best Mystery! A huge thank you to ITV, Tosca, Jean, and all the judges. Congrats to all winners and nominees! Bio has been updated.

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Kristen Tate @kristentate.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Come join me on July 14 for some real story nerd stuff – there will be charts and spreadsheets and templates! #AmEditing

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 24/06/2025

Of the many things I resent about the last decade, toward the top of the list is the way my jaw clenches whenever I think of Anne Frank's "I still believe that people are really good at heart."

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 24/06/2025

The unique millennial slow-boiling panic at never having done nuclear bomb drills and being too poor (and disillusioned) thanks to the myriad of economy-crashing and totally avoidable yet unprecedented events to be preppers. #WhatHasHeDoneNow

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 18/06/2025

Fluffy cat tummies. Let's go! #Catsky

A floofy orange cat naps on an armchair with her flufftastic belly on full display.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

My latest @theguardian.com Books cartoon

A cartoon in four panels.

A heavy swiss Fountain pen is uncapped with a satisfying click.
(closup image of the pen)

The gold nib scratches pleasingly across heavy, textured paper.
(image of the pen writing)

Each completed page is deftly turned with a light rustle.

The writer sighs gently and closes the handmade leather notebook with a soft thud.
(image of a hand closing the notebook)

These sounds are captured with a high-resolution Microphone and uploaded to the author's "Sounds of Creation AMSR" Youtube channel.
(Image of a laptop with a youtube video playing)

The story itself is utterly dreadful.

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 09/06/2025

Who'd have thought that in the twenty-first century we'd excitedly volunteer—even pay—to put ourselves in virtual panopticons to improve our own productivity? #AmCoworking #Zoom #VirtualCoworking #CapitalistDystopia

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 05/06/2025

This is why you don't get invited to parties, M-W. Why is one closed and the other open?

Screenshot of Merriam-Webster entry showing gooseflesh as one word and goose bumps as two words because they're inconsistent and the rules are made up and nothing matters.

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 03/06/2025

Just looked up whether "butt cheeks" is an open or closed compound because this is my professional, grown-up job. #AmEditing

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Jonathon Owen @arrantpedantry.com · 28/05/2025

The two rules that I wish I could impose on authors (and people upstream from me, like acquisitions and developmental editors) are two sides of the same coin: 1. The author should finish writing before copyediting begins. 2. The author should stop writing and rewriting after copyediting starts.

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 27/05/2025

Any second now, a handyman is going to come and caulk my deck. Hard to get any work done with distractions like that. #AmTryingToEdit

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 27/05/2025

Sorry I'm late for work. My cat wanted to hold my hand. #StetPet

A fluffy orange cat rests on the back of a couch, her paw holding onto a human hand.

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 25/05/2025

Whoever edited the continuity fever dream/nightmare that is Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Memory, you are a god of editing and I hope you've recovered. My brain hurts but I'm here for the ride. #AmReading 📚💙

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 22/05/2025

I've caught the holey trinity of errors today and it's not even lunch time yet. shit ➡ shirt arse ➡ ass (specifically a donkey) backside ➡ back side #AmEditing

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 22/05/2025

I considered not fixing my own typo in some alt text I was writing just to bring a bit of joy to the client's day. "Long-sleeved shit" #AmEditing #AmWriting #AltText

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And Other Stories @andotherstories.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Congratulations to Deepa Bhasthi and Banu Mushtaq, winners of this year’s International Booker Prize. We’re hugely honoured to publish HEART LAMP. Our deepest thanks to the judges and, indeed, to all of you who have read and loved this extraordinary collection.

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Emily Garside @emilygarside.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

I'm very excited to share this...for the past couple of months, I've been working on a Radio documentary about Doctor Who, the LGBTQ+ Community, and Wales. 📷 BBC Radio Wales: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... * Monday at 18:30 * Tuesday at 06:31 * Sunday at 19:00

bbc.co.uk

BBC Radio Wales - Doctor Who - Time and Space for Everyone

Dr Emily Garside explores the cultural significance of Doctor Who for LGBTQIA+ fans.

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 14/05/2025

It's not smut if you haven't used the words "feral" and "pistoning". #AmEditing

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

I don't 'refuse to use' AI, I just don't use AI; in the same way that I don't shoplift, or plagiarise other people's books - it requires no effort of will, it's just not something I would think of doing

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 04/05/2025

Editor struggle #5433: Managing tenses and timelines when editing time travel stories. Ooer, my brane. #AmEditing #ScienceFiction

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 01/05/2025

Mayday = HELP ME May Day = Help me... pick these flowers

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 01/05/2025

7 basic things every professionally trained proofreader should be fixing before they dive into the manuscript: - two spaces to one - straights to curlies - ^l to ^p - inconsistent . . . - manual tabs - spaces around dashes - missing, wrong, and mixed ' ' and " " #AmEditing #HireAProfessional

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 24/04/2025

Have you given your cat an ice cube today? #Catsky 🐈

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 18/04/2025

I have no interest in that TERF who should rot in her moldy castle & leave people alone. And by now, anyone who's willingly signed on to work with her knows exactly what they're supporting. Shame on them. I certainly won't be watching whatever dreck she has hurked up.

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