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About Kate

I am Kage Baker's sister. Kage was/is a well-known science fiction writer, who died on January 31, 2010. She told me to keep her work going - I'm doing that. This blog will document the process.

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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Dubious Islands

Posted on March 23, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker loved the anomalies on maps. She loved maps in general because she liked verification of where she was – she already knew, usually, because she was one of those people with a compass in their heads. But she … Continue reading →

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Status

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker enjoyed status reports. She liked to keep track of where she was on a project, how far she had come and how far was yet to go. I think it was part of her fondness for maps. She … Continue reading →

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Therapeutic Gardening

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker loved gardening. She was supernally good at it, too – which is not always a given. We have all, Dear Readers, known sad but determined gardeners whose efforts are an exercise in still lives and Martian landscapes. She … Continue reading →

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The Shape of Spring Is Coming

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker drew enormous encouragement from the yearly amble of the seasons round the horological wheel. “I don’t mean the Circle of Life; that’s a Hallmark sentiment,” she said once, dismissively. “I like the annual movements of the Zodiac, the … Continue reading →

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Round Robins. Also Sparrows, Finches, Ravens …

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker liked to see nature.  She appreciated the opportunity to watch it, to admire its joys and terrors and inhuman beauties – especially birds and plants, which I suspect she considered related in some peculiar Kage-esque clade system. She … Continue reading →

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Friday Night

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker loved Friday nights. They either meant that the weekend had arrived, and free time was there to be enjoyed by all – or we were on the road to a Faire somewhere, deep-laden with props, costumes, actors and … Continue reading →

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