Author Archives: Kate

Kage Baker was a morning person. Despite a fondness for sleeping in on weekends – and who gets through grammar and high school without developing that? – she was by nature a solar and diurnal person. When she was little, … Continue reading →

Kage Baker flat out loved robots. They fascinated her, to the point where she would argue over points of classical science fiction robot lore – she thought Asimov’s Three Laws were dreadful, and immoral to enforce against thinking beings. She … Continue reading →

Kage Baker, as I have noted before, did not drive. She thus had a passenger’s viewpoint of the DMV and traffic enforcement; although, as a passenger utterly dependent on other people having cars, she had a pretty jaundiced view of … Continue reading →

Kage Baker was fascinated with cryptids. Those are things – usually animals, sometimes people or plants – who are mythical: but who very well might be real. There are a respectable number of beasties presumed to be totally legendary, who … Continue reading →

Kage Baker loved the month of June. It was her birthday month, which was a big, big draw, of course. It was also the month school let out for the summer, which was a rhythm so instilled in her during … Continue reading →

Kage Baker loved to travel, but she loved coming home. We always took special routes on a homeward jaunt, so she could pre-select the passing scenery. That first glimpse of home when you’ve been on a the road awhile is … Continue reading →

Kage Baker was fond of charabancs and road trips. She was especially prone to them when she was depressed or otherwise down – stumped on a story, overwhelmed with angst over the suicidal decline of the panda bear, furiously hunting … Continue reading →

Kage Baker was fond of the nursery rhyme describing the attributes of children born on specific days of the week. She had cause to be – she was born on a Tuesday, which is one of the favourable ones. And … Continue reading →

Kage Baker was well aware that any given day can turn into a useless mess. Or that any one of us can turn into a useless mess on any given day. Whichever has happened, it’s  happened to me today. Couldn’t … Continue reading →

Kage Baker loved the Pirates of the Caribbean – the ride, the movies, the tie-in toys, the art. Pirates were a passion of hers anyway – as most of her readers deduced – and the POTC were among her favourites. … Continue reading →