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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.

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

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

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

This is exactly how Alabaster chose us. He gave my husband daily hugs in his classroom until we gave in.

A gloriously fluffy orange and white cat sits in a box, looking over his shoulder like "get in, we're going shopping."

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

So if you're a lexical deviant who wants to have their way with language and needs a bit of room to do it, and maybe a cleanup crew for when you're done, I might be the perfect editor for you. I said what I said and I'm not sorry. Thanks for making it all the way down here. Cat tax!

Alabaster's OnlyFans page is full of toe beans pics just like this one. Yes. Look at the toe beans. Lovely little toe beans. Alabaster is an orange and white cat who is curled up asleep on a fluffy towel. His toe beans are on full display. Showoff.

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

Sometimes these arguments about what's right or wrong make it into the general discussion, like singular they, which surely has been repeated enough to be standard after several hundred years of usage. It seems some people never came out of the caves, though. Aaaanyway...

Politico headline: he, she, they: the pronoun debate will likely land at the Supreme Court. And the trend doesn't look great for transgender kids.

This picture makes me sad. Trans rights are human rights and Trans kids deserve protection.

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

But romance novelists are like, "Hold my prosecco" and the next thing you know, minotaurs aren't safe anymore. Suck it, Homer. Neither are doorknobs or cutlery or whatever the unhinged hell they think of next. I doubt genAI would come up with household object–based smut without explicit prompting.

Unhinged. An erotic door romance by Vera Valentine. The number on the door is, of course, 69.

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

The thing that makes us human is our ability to innovate. We try new ways of doing things and see if it's better or at least more fun. Go back to the beginning: the stone age. They didn't just make good cutty things. They also made art.

Bison licking insect bite. Stone age art. A carved stone in the shape of a bison body. The head is carved in relief, in extraordinary detail, turned towards the rump as it licks itself.

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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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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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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 · 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 · 09/04/2025

Alabaster wants to know if you've completed the Cold Harbor file yet. #Catsky #Severance #Management #Supervisor

A large orange and white cat sits on top of a plastic keyboard, balancing on a laptop on the edge of a desk.

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 08/04/2025

Catching zeroes that should be Os is one of my favorite things. And this is also why Times New Roman is not ideal for proofreading. #AmEditing #CatchOfTheDay

Text: the word "to" with the o highlighted, revealing it to be a zero instead of the letter o.

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 03/04/2025

When you're so dedicated to your proofread of a book about the Camino that you walk part of the Camino halfway through the edit. This might be my most amazing #Stetwalk so far. #AmEditing

I stand in front of the map at the Málaga start point of the Camino de Santiago.

The route goes right across Spain. There are many paths but they all meet in Santiago. They're marked with cockle shells and the Camino symbol.

Stunning churches all the way. It's a pilgrimage, though many people do it. Photo: people rest on the steps of a medieval Spanish church.

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 29/03/2025

It's Saturday! But - I've submitted a proofread of a vampire romance - I've done a first quick round (for word stacks, hyphen ladders, and bad breaks) of a sci-fi post-layout proofread - I'm onboarding my next proofread, of a combo litfic/historical novel - I went for a walk! #amediting #stetwalk

A little egret with white plumage, a long neck, black beak and black legs looks over a pond with lilypads in the botanical gardens.

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 27/03/2025

Bonus Alabaster's book club pic.

An orange cat gnaws on a kindle showing Carrie Vaughn's The Naturalist Society.

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 27/03/2025

I was out on the balcony, reading The Naturalist Society, and a starling (Sturnus unicolor) landed next to me and went on to mimic every single bird within hearing range, even the chickens next door. I think it was teasing my cats. This is the first time I've noticed it. 1/ #AmReading 💙📚

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 11/03/2025

Alabaster is ready for his performance review. Over the past week he has: 1. Overturned two dustbins 2. Napped on two different beds 3. Trespassed in the neighbor's apartment three times 4. Sexually harassed his coworker, Peaches 5. Knocked over three, er, four glasses. #StetPet

A nervous-looking orange and white cat sits with his paws folded under him on an office chair, in front of a desktop computer.

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 06/02/2025

Oversight is important, and Alabaster is a very diligent and attentive supervisor. At times, he can be oppressive, but only because the weight of his authority can be a bit of a pain in the neck and tends to increase overheads. #AmEditing #StetPet #EditorialAssistant

A giant orange and white behemoth of a cat sits half on the top of the chair back and half on a poor, beleagured editor's head as she buckles under the pressure of his unbearable cuteness.

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 29/01/2025

I managed to snap a pic but then it got a hundred times more beautiful.

Sunset in the desert between Marrakech and Casablanca.

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 27/01/2025

Took the dawn train to #stetwalk in Marrakesh today.

The sun rises behind barren hills, with a tiny glimpse of the crescent moon. Viewed from the slow train to Marrakesh.

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 20/01/2025

I tend to book up pretty far in advance because I work with indies and trad publishers. If you're self-publishing or seeking independent editing before submitting to agents, it's important to plan ahead. My next available slot for an indie novel-length project is in June. But I'm worth the wait. 😉📚💙

Now booking June 2025 indie projects: line editing, copyediting, formatting, and proofreading. Website: www.geckoedit.com.

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 20/01/2025

Yarr! I'm continuing work on this pirate romantasy. What are you working on? PS: Ye're = you are, yer = your #AmEditing

This editor gets too far into character while editing for immersion. She wears a pirate hat and eye patch and edits from the deck of a galleon. In a zoom coworking space, that is.

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 17/01/2025

People really love this but it just wasn't to my personal taste. I can appreciate the skill with which it's written, though. #52BookClub 💙📚

The 52 book club's reading challenge 2025. Prompt 36: Final sentence is less than six words long. Book title: the Dutch House, Ann Pratchett. A painting of a young girl in a red coat with dark hair and bright blue eyes staring intently at the painter, against wallpaper of blue swallows. Three stars.

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 11/01/2025

Feline assistant Alabaster thought I would do a better pirate impression with a real eyepatch so he clawed me in the eye. There was a very heavy metal moment where a single blood tear rolled down my cheek.🧑‍🎤 Didn't hurt. But I don't recommend this. #StetPet #EditorialAssistant #Catsky

World's most okayest editor wears a home made cotton pad eye patch taped to her face with Bandaids because she couldn't find the medical tape.

Feline assistant Alabaster was just trying to help. He stands watch by the CMOS hyphenation table.

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Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com · 11/01/2025

@famousadventurer.bsky.social picked classic sci-fi. I think a lot of stories in this fit the bill! This is a great anthology, to be expected from the Vandermeers. I loved almost all of them. #AmReading 📚💙🪐