Author Archives: Kate

Kage Baker was a cryptozoology fan. She followed strange, mythical, newly discovered or recently missing animals stories closely, finding a lot of fodder for stories in them. It amused us to keep track of “Company projects” in the news – … Continue reading →

Kage Baker dearly loved the city of San Francisco. She never lived there – in that she never inhabited any structure in the city (except, from time to time, the Cow Palace …) – but she experienced a great deal … Continue reading →

Kage Baker often complained about the sporadic nature of a writer’s life. Either one has half a dozen deadlines gnawing at one’s heels, or nothing happens for months on end. She once went through an entire year where she sold … Continue reading →

Kage Baker was left-handed. Not the impaired type of left-handed: she could use her right hand for some things. In fact, she couldn’t even use those special southpaw scissors, because she learned how to cut with ordinary scissors at home … Continue reading →

Kage Baker didn’t like most humans very much. But she didn’t like most animals, either. The curious thing about her generalized dislike is that it led her to a wider recognition of sentience, emotions, intellect – humanity – than most … Continue reading →

Kage Baker’s career is not over. This is both interesting and nice in all sorts of way, both for me and for you, Dear Readers. But it … well, it can get in the way, you know? The sequel to … Continue reading →

Kage Baker liked to be in control of her environment. That meant an exceedingly – sometimes excessively – detailed attention to home deco. Her desk, the table by her armchair, the wall art – all was designed to hold or … Continue reading →

Kage Baker was a funny lady. She was witty, she was a marvelous raconteuse, she could write wonderfully funny stories. Partly it was due to her skills as a writer, and because she saw the absurd comic potentialities in the … Continue reading →

Kage Baker was, as is well-known, very fond of rum. And she was very fond of pirates. Her favourite pirate was Captain Sir Henry Morgan, in that he was one of the few really, really successful pirates – died knighted, … Continue reading →

Kage Baker distrusted the great organizations being born in recent years on the Internet. She said part of the problem was the speed at which things lived and aged in the aether. Hence her theory that AI’s and algorhythms were … Continue reading →