Monthly Archives: August 2014

Temporarily Out Of Order

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Kate

Kage Baker loved the work of Robin Williams. She also knew him to be a nice guy, as anyone who ever met him – no matter how casually – was wont to testify. He died yestreday,  pretty much of being … Continue reading →

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How To Work A Lazy Sunday

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Kate

Kage Baker loved lazy Sundays. They have rules, though. They have to be an unforced blossom in the garden of life. They can’t be made, or planned for in advance. They just happen. You wake up naturally – nothing wakes … Continue reading →

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Writing Like A Madwoman

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Kate

Kage Baker was prone to frantic fits of writing. Sometimes an idea would seize her with such force and authority that she became a quivering magnetized needle at her desk – utterly focussed on getting the words out of her … Continue reading →

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Daily Chores In The Time of Writing

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Kate

Kage Baker  loved the act of writing. She always had, from her first flow-of-consciousness baby scribbles (you know, big loops and zigzags done in private languages and crayon) to her last staccato typing on a wireless keyboard. It’s why she … Continue reading →

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Ambushed By Hope

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Kate

Kage Baker used to say she was always ready to be ambushed. By a story idea, is what she meant – she’d found it was possible (but not easy) to just set out and track one down and pounce on … Continue reading →

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August 5, 2014

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Kate

Kage Baker sold her first short story to Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, under the editorship of the redoubtable and reverend Gardner Dozois. She almost didn’t realize he wanted to accept her submission. He returned the first story, with notes on … Continue reading →

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Eating For Right

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Kate

Kage Baker observed a lot. People-watching was her favourite sport. Being naturally shy, and possessed of the quiet camouflage skills of a doe, she spent a great deal of her time out in public being both invisible and watchful. It’s … Continue reading →

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Letter In A Klein Bottle

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Kate

Kage Baker was not a hard science person; not unless you include hands-on disciplines like carpentry or blacksmithing, anyway. Truly complicated and diamond-level hard science tended to dazzle and entertain her: it was a marvel and she could never see … Continue reading →

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On Foot Through Life

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Kate

Kage Baker was a determined walker for most of her life. That’s unusual for a native Angelena. Some parts of every stereotype are true, and the unwillingness of Angelenos in general to walk anywhere is a true part of ours. … Continue reading →

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