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kai says no to AI
@adotkedits.bsky.social
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hi, i'm kai. freelance copyeditor, comma queen, em-dash enthusiast, drive-by spellchecker. cheerleader of your words of romance and more, the hotter the better. she/her. Black. African. pan+demi.

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it's my editorversary! so i set some goals because the universe keeps yelling about it and i can't resist a bingo card. and yes, vacation can be a goal 🥳

i am so serious about bartering btw. will trade copyediting for art, a chart reading, or a spiritual bath for the woowoo babes, let's have fun!
a bingo card named Editorversary Bingo, featuring the following squares: Work with a queer African author Work on a story set in Tanzania Meet an author in real life Visit a romance bookstore Edit a whole anthology or multi-author series Edit 278 books Fill a whole shelf with book babies Use Instagram more often Craft some bookish art Get my editor tattoos Barter a service Guest on a podcast Commission a new logo Host a giveaway Make a website Snag an author astrologically Commission bookish art Host or guest on an IG live Have a story adapted for the screen Talk about books more Work with an author from every major continent Have a book to rec for each major holiday #romanceclass vacation! Custom-made editing desk Work with a Tanzanian romance author around the bingo grid are lines reading "seriously, where does the time even go?" "it's really been seven years" and "does thus count as a five-year plan?"
September 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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My favourite feedback…

Get Small Mercies by Katrina Jackson or read it in KU: geni.us/smallmercies 🤍🎄

#KaiWraps #KaiWrapsReset #BlackRomance #HolidayRomance #EroticRomance
The background is a soft faded red. In the top left-hand corner is a tablet image of Small Mercies, featuring a Black man wearing a black suit and reindeer antlers standing next to a Black woman wearing a white dress and a Christmas tree headband. They’re both holding champagne flutes. The text box in the right-hand corner reads: Small Mercies by Katrina Jackson Erotic romance Black, M/F The main text box reads: favourite feedback “Are you nervous?” I ask. “Very,” Trevor says, kissing my inner thighs. “But very excited. You have no idea.” “Sometimes eagerness will take you farther than skill,” I breathe.
September 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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My favourite reply…

Get E&J by Shon: payhip.com/b/T3Ac0 🤎⚡

#KaiWraps #KaiWrapsReset #BlackRomance
The background is a pale brown. In the top left-hand corner is a tablet image of E&J, featuring a close-up of a Black woman with faux locs piled on top of her head and her eyes closed. The text box in the right-hand corner reads: E&J by Shon contemporary romance Black, M/F The main text box reads: favourite reply “Kincade, are you listening to me?” “Always,” I said without thinking. I wasn’t listening. I didn’t even know she was talking. I was too busy thinking of all the ways I wanted to make her my home.
September 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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My favourite understatement…

Get Sienna by Nicole Whitfield (@authorwhitfield.bsky.social) or read it in KU: amzn.to/4gFg1Xr ❤🔪

#KaiWraps #KaiWrapsReset #BlackThriller #EroticThriller
The background is a deep oxblood. In the top left-hand corner is a paperback image of Sienna, featuring a close-up picture of a Black woman’s face with a red filter applied. The text box in the right-hand corner reads: Sienna by Nicole Whitfield @authorwhitfield.bsky.social Erotic thriller Black, M/F The main text box reads: favourite understatement When Noir said I was obsessed, he wasn’t far off. I want to take Sienna and inject her into my veins. Let me snort her being and consume her soul.
September 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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My favourite observation…

Get Someone Else’s Castle by JH Tomen (@jhtomen.bsky.social) or read it in KU: amzn.to/3Ple8TA 🤍🏰

#KaiWraps #KaiWrapsReset #ShortFiction
The background is a light azure blue. In the top left-hand corner is a paperback image of Someone Else’s Castle, featuring an illustration of a crumbling castle on a hill set against taller hills and clouds. The text box in the right-hand corner reads: Someone Else’s Castle by JH Tomen @jhtomen.bsky.social Short story collection The main text box reads: favourite observation Everyone in charge there seemed to think people were like eggs — needing cracking and boiling to be useful. But in reality, people weren’t so different from the chayr plants. Give them what they needed — and leave them alone — and something amazing might happen.
September 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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My favourite falsehood…

Get Dance All Night by Lily S. Flowers (@lilywritesspice.bsky.social) or read it in KU: amzn.to/4fIfJgZ ❤💃🏾

#KaiWraps #KaiWrapsReset #BlackRomance #EroticRomance #HolidayRomance
The background is a vivid red. In the top left-hand corner is a paperback image of Dance All Night, featuring a shadowy picture of a Black woman in a red dress. The text box in the right-hand corner reads: Dance All Night by Lily S. Flowers @lilywritesspice.bsky.social Erotic romance Black, M/F The main text box reads: favourite falsehood “I haven’t even kissed the man on the lips yet and you have us married?” What’s a little white lie between friends?
September 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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My favourite panicked thought…

Get Belly of the Beast in Best Women’s Erotica of the Year, volume 10, edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel: amzn.to/3Ps4jTK 💖💋

#KaiWraps #KaiWrapsReset #BlackErotica #ParanormalErotica #SapphicErotica
The background is a bubblegum pink. In the top left-hand corner is a paperback image of Best Women’s Erotica, volume 10, featuring a dark-haired white woman wearing black lingerie. The text box in the right-hand corner reads: Belly of the Beast (from BWE 10) by Katrina Jackson Paranormal erotica Black, F/F The main text box reads: favourite panicked thought There’s a matte black coffin sitting across the room, in the space where a bed would normally be. Not ominous at all. A shiver runs up my spine. “It is now or never, dear girl.” Never, I think. I vote definitely never. 
September 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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My favourite bff's advice…

Get Devon by Dria Andersen (@itsaandersen.bsky.social) or read it in KU: amzn.to/3Pmi3zp 🖤🐺

#KaiWraps #KaiWrapsReset #BlackRomance #ParanormalRomance
The background is a faded red. In the top left-hand corner is a paperback image of Devon, featuring a howling wolf surrounded by fog set under a shadowed greyscale image of a Black man with dreadlocks smoking a joint. The text box in the right-hand corner reads: Devon by Dria Andersen @itsaandersen.bsky.social Paranormal romance Black, M/F The main text box reads: favourite bff’s advice “What do I do?”  “Let that man pursue you. Then let him catch you and knock some of the cobwebs off that coochie.”
September 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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My favourite guidance…

Get The Festival at Evergreen Falls by DL White (@booksbydlwhite.com) : amzn.to/4h1FPwv 💛🎄

#KaiWraps #KaiWrapsReset #BlackRomance #HolidayRomance
The background is a pastel gray yellow. In the top left-hand corner is a tablet image of The Festival at Evergreen Falls, featuring a picture of brightly lit Christmas trees. The text box in the right-hand corner reads: The Festival at Evergreen Falls by DL White @booksbydlwhite.com Contemporary romance Black, M/F The main text box reads: favourite guidance “You are a storyteller. Nobody can take that from you. Just let yourself tell the story, son.”
September 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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My favourite declaration…

Get Her Solid Ground by Shameka S. Erby (@shamekawrites.bsky.social) : amzn.to/3ZZRpBz 💚🍼

#KaiWraps #KaiWrapsReset #BlackRomance #SecondChanceRomance #EroticRomance
The background is a sage green. In the top left-hand corner is a paperback image of Her Solid Ground, featuring an illustration of a Black man holding his infant son, while the child reaches a hand out to his mother standing next to them. The text box in the right-hand corner reads: Her Solid Ground by Shameka S. Erby @shamekawrites.bsky.social Erotic romance Black, M/F The main text box reads: favourite declaration “I’ve been missing you beside me for two years. And I’ve never had my son with me. For one damn night, Keona, stop being so prideful and stubborn and give me this. Give me my family where they belong: next to me.”
September 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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My favourite recap…

Get Szn’s Greetings by Lady Marie (@ladymariewrites.bsky.social) : payhip.com/b/KCfWG ❤🎄

#KaiWraps #KaiWrapsReset #BlackRomance #EroticRomance #HolidayRomance
The background is a soft gold. In the top left-hand corner is a tablet image of Szn’s Greetings, featuring a lavishly decorated Christmas tree with piles of presents underneath. The text box in the right-hand corner reads: Szn’s Greetings by Lady Marie @ladymariewrites.bsky.social Erotic romance Black, M/F The main text box reads: favourite recap Ain’t this some shit? Fuck a nigga one lil’ time in his auntie’s house on Thanksgiving—and maybe a few more times at a couple other family functions—and suddenly, you got a reputation for disrupting the peace. The nerve…
September 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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My favourite personal philosophy…

Get Quentin Daly’s Loss of Reality by Nicole Whitfield (@authorwhitfield.bsky.social) or read it in KU: amzn.to/4h25THI 💙👻

#KaiWraps #KaiWrapsReset #SerialStory #ParanormalStory
The background is a pumpkin orange. In the top left-hand corner is a quartet of tablet images of Quentin Daly’s Loss of Reality, featuring an illustration of a young Black man in an anime hoodie with two young Black women behind him. The text box in the right-hand corner reads: Quentin Daly’s Loss of Reality by Nicole Whitfield @authorwhitfield.bsky.social Paranormal serial story The main text box reads: favourite personal philosophy  “The world is big, right, but it’s also insignificant in the scheme of things compared to a galaxy. There are billions of galaxies, and here I am existing. I like feeling useful—like even if no one else gets it, the people I help through my job get it. It means something, you know?” 
September 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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My favourite description…

Get A Flicker to a Flame by Katrina Jackson or read it in KU: geni.us/aflickertoaf... ❤🔥

#KaiWraps #KaiWrapsReset #BlackRomance #GayRomance #HistoricalRomance
The background is a medium green. In the top left-hand corner is a tablet image of A Flicker to a Flame, featuring a profile view of a Black man’s face obscured by a bouquet of white flowers so that only his eye and cheek are visible. The text box in the right-hand corner reads: A Flicker to a Flame by Katrina Jackson Paranormal historical romance Black, M/M The main text box reads: favourite description Dark skin like midnight. Wide lips like rose petals. Thick eyelashes like feathers. Bright eyes like the sun. 
September 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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My favourite positive thought…

Get The Sermon of Loss by JH Tomen (@jhtomen.bsky.social) or read it in KU: amzn.to/3PkLodP 🤍🗡

#KaiWraps #KaiWrapsReset #Fantasy
The background is a pastel gray azure. In the top left-hand corner is a paperback image of The Sermon of Loss, featuring a white porcelain mask with a symbol engraved on the forehead. The text box in the right-hand corner reads: The Sermon of Loss by JH Tomen @jhtomen.bsky.social Fantasy The main text box reads: favourite positive thought Perhaps this would be a good day. But as Viden always said, you didn’t smile to avoid the bad days, you smiled because you knew they were coming.
September 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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My favourite taste…

Get The Love That Remains by Tasha L. Harrison (@tashalharrison.bsky.social) : amzn.to/4j1w5Eo 🤎🎺

#KaiWraps #KaiWrapsReset #BlackWomensFiction #RomanticWomensFiction
The background is a pastel orange. In the top left-hand corner is a paperback image of The Love That Remains, featuring a Black man playing a trumpet. The text box in the right-hand corner reads: The Love That Remains by Tasha L. Harrison @tashalharrison.bsky.social Romantic women’s fiction Black, M/F The main text box reads: favourite taste She leaned in close, shrinking the place between their mouths to mere inches, millimeters, breaths. Enoch’s lips parted. Want spilled out of him on his next exhale, and she licked her lips. Tasting it. Tasting him.
September 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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My favourite claiming…

Get Honey Pot by Katrina Jackson or read it in KU: geni.us/honeypotkj 💙💋

#KaiWraps #KaiWrapsReset #InterracialRomance #EroticRomance #RomanticSuspense
The background is a juicy magenta. In the top left-hand corner is a paperback image of Honey Pot, featuring a Black woman glistening under blue light. The text box in the right-hand corner reads: Honey Pot by Katrina Jackson Erotic romance IR, AM/BW The main text box reads: favourite claiming Every time she and Asif kissed was like a new chapter to an old book. Sometimes he tasted sweet with a bite like ginger ale and whisky, or tart and smooth like cranberry juice, or the faint, minty remnants of toothpaste, but the overwhelming note of Asif’s kiss was that he always tasted like hers.
September 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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My favourite rebuttal…

Get Bare Fangs by Nicole Whitfield (@authorwhitfield.bsky.social) or read it in KU: amzn.to/4h32WXG 💙🩰

#KaiWraps #KaiWrapsReset #BlackRomance #ParanormalRomance
The background is an azure blue. In the top left-hand corner is a paperback image of Bare Fangs, featuring a red heart set against a cloudy blue sky. The text box in the right-hand corner reads: Bare Fangs by Nicole Whitfield @authorwhitfield.bsky.social Paranormal romance Black, M/F The main text box reads: favourite rebuttal “Believe it or not, I don’t prefer violence. I want to make love, not war, but here we are.” “Zeke, really? If you didn’t want to strangle him, why are you smiling with a gleam in your eyes?”
September 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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My favourite command…

Get Hurry Down My Chimney Tonight by Lily S. Flowers (@lilywritesspice.bsky.social) or read it in KU: amzn.to/3DF0ZSN ❤🎄

#KaiWraps #KaiWrapsReset #BlackErotica #HolidayErotica
The background is a soft red. In the top left-hand corner is a tablet image of Hurry Down My Chimney Tonight, featuring a Black Santa holding a binder in front of him and a Black woman standing behind him. The text box in the right-hand corner reads: Hurry Down My Chimney Tonight by Lily S. Flowers @lilywritesspice.bsky.social Erotica Black, MMFFF The main text box reads: favourite command “Get on your knees for me, Santa.”
September 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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My favourite question…

Get Sugar-Coated Kisses by Lady Marie (@ladymariewrites.bsky.social) or read it in KU: amzn.to/3Po6XtL 💜🍭

#KaiWraps #KaiWrapsReset #BlackRomance #EroticRomance #AgeGapRomance
The background is a reddish brown. In the top left-hand corner is a paperback image of Sugar-Coated Kisses, featuring a Black woman holding a red lollipop to her lips. The text box in the right-hand corner reads: Sugar-Coated Kisses by Lady Marie @ladymariewrites.bsky.social Erotic romance Black, OM/YW The main text box reads: favourite question “What if I told you,” I started as I pulled away just enough to get some air, “that the way you taste comes very close to replacing my favorite flavor?”
September 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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My favourite shrug…

Get The Air Between Us by Shameka S. Erby (@shamekawrites.bsky.social) : amzn.to/4gT3akc 💙🥊

#KaiWraps #KaiWrapsReset #BlackRomance #PolyRomance #SecondChanceRomance
The background is a gray azure blue. In the top left-hand corner is a paperback image of The Air Between Us, featuring an illustration of two Black men and a Black woman curled up in bed together. The text box in the right-hand corner reads: The Air Between Us by Shameka S. Erby @shamekawrites.bsky.social Erotic romance Black, MMF The main text box reads: favourite shrug “You know, for such a dangerous guy, you are one romantic ass nigga,” Bashir said, laughing. Trevino grinned, shrugging his shoulders. “What can I say? I got layers and shit.”
September 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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My favourite parting words…

Get The Pearl at Black Diamond Bay by DL White (@booksbydlwhite.com) : amzn.to/4060VmI 🧡🍸

#KaiWraps #KaiWrapsReset #BlackRomance
The background is a soft orange. In the top left-hand corner is a paperback image of The Pearl at Black Diamond Bay, featuring a pair of cocktails garnished with bright citrus fruit. The text box in the right-hand corner reads: The Pearl by DL White @booksbydlwhite.com Contemporary romance Black, M/F The main text box reads: favourite parting words “Alright, girl. Do everything I would do and then some. Sex on a bike is hot.”
September 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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My favourite demand…

Get Joaquim by A.H. Cunningham (@ahcwrites.bsky.social) or read it in KU: amzn.to/41WBsi7 💜🔥

#KaiWraps #KaiWrapsReset #BlackRomance #PolyRomance #SecondChanceRomance
The background is a deep plum. In the top left-hand corner is a paperback image of Joaquim, featuring a greyscale picture of a Black man wearing a denim shirt and a bandanna holding his twists off his forehead. The text box in the right-hand corner reads: Joaquim by A.H. Cunningham @ahcwrites.bsky.social Erotic romance Black, MMF The main text box reads: “I’m not one of your main characters. Shut up and kiss me.” 
September 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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My favourite first impression…

Get The Night Gate (for FREE!) by Katrina Jackson: www.katrinajacksonauthor.com/seaportpress... 💜🌕

#KaiWraps #KaiWrapsReset #BlackHistorical #Historical
The background is a pastel lavender. In the top left-hand corner is a tablet image of The Night Gate, featuring a shadowed image of a smiling Black woman.. The text box in the right-hand corner reads: The Night Gate by Katrina Jackson Paranormal historical short Black, M/F The main text box reads: favourite first impression Fiba didn’t hate Robert or like him, she simply never thought of him. Sure, once or twice she’d seen him and thought he was beautiful, but like most men, he opened his mouth and that was the end of that.
September 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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My favourite straight up lie…

Get Things Left Unsaid by Lily S. Flowers (@lilywritesspice.bsky.social) or read it in KU: amzn.to/4h5twQ1 💛🐝

#KaiWraps #KaiWrapsReset #BlackRomance #SapphicRomance #SecondChanceRomance
The background is a pastel yellow. In the top left-hand corner is a paperback image of Things Left Unsaid, featuring an illustration of two Black women camped out in a tent under the stars. The text box in the right-hand corner reads: Things Left Unsaid by Lily S. Flowers @lilywritesspice.bsky.social contemporary romance Black, F/F The main text box reads: favourite straight up lie “I’m sorry I ruined your hoe phase, Ru.”
September 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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My favourite piece of wisdom…

Get The Future of Nothing by JH Tomen (@jhtomen.bsky.social) : amzn.to/41V07Ue 🤍🌱

#KaiWraps #KaiWrapsReset #ShortFiction #ClimateFiction
The background is a pale aqua blue. In the top left-hand corner is a paperback image of The Future of Nothing, featuring an illustration of a city scene with plants and trees on the roof of almost every building. The text box in the right-hand corner reads: The Future of Nothing by JH Tomen @jhtomen.bsky.social Short story collection The main text box reads: favourite piece of wisdom There was no way to insert yourself into the thousands of wounds generated between a mother and daughter. All you could do was try to love them both.
September 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM