Monthly Archives: April 2017

Getting Ready For BayCon

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker ended up quite enjoying conventions. She had not expected to enjoy them. She wasn’t fond of public appearances; if not for the growth of the Internet as a social environment, she might have been one of those authors … Continue reading →

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Updates, Squinting

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker never really worried about her eyesight. She was slightly near-sighted but not enough to wear glasses most of her life. She was, as a baby, reputedly as cross-eyed as a Siamese kitten (and undoubtedly as cranky – it … Continue reading →

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It’s Shakespeare’s Birthday. Have A Drink!

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker always took care to lift a glass of something or other on this day, in honour of that finest (so far,anyway) writer in the English language: William Shakespeare. Son of a glover, husband of a really patient woman, … Continue reading →

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A Peaceful Weekend in Arkham

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker was a firm believer that the world needed to be shut out from time to time. Mind you, by from time to time, she usually meant round the clock. However, even Kage admitted that the world needed to … Continue reading →

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Gotta Catch ‘Em All

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker not only rarely suffered from writer’s block – she also bubbled over pretty much continually with ideas for stories. The cosmic injustice of this was obvious, and she readily allowed it – but, as she pointed out, it … Continue reading →

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Migraines and Spring

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker suffered from migraines all her life. They were perfectly awful at times – the kind where the sufferer gives serious consideration to sawing their own head off, or taking a  drill to her temple … she always claimed … Continue reading →

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Spring And Friday

Posted on April 7, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker loved Fridays. She imprinted on weekends very early in life, long before Fridays and Mondays became the school-arbitrated doorwards for the Country of Weekends. Friday meant the next day was Saturday, and that meant morning cartoons! Kage in … Continue reading →

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So, It’s Not Exactly About Time

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker, when queried about her choice of subject matter, always replied that she had not intended to write about time travel. It just sort of happened. What she intended to write was full-blown, fairly high fantasy: heroes. High Priests. … Continue reading →

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Rose Hedge

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker was intrinsically a maker and a builder. She went through the not-uncommon taking-things-apart phase when she was little; what was unusual is that she also put them back together and they worked. Sometimes even when there were parts … Continue reading →

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Comfort Zones, Dead Zones

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker was spared lengthy times of writer’s block during her professional life. A great deal of that was, I am sure, because she was demonically disciplined – to the point of a pure, untrammeled stream of obsession. Another very … Continue reading →

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