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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.

A Change In Vision

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker had (usually) black eyes. They went oddly and dramatically with her paper-pale skin, freckles and red hair – but she had her father’s eyes, and he was mostly North Eastern Native American. Mrs. Baker occasionally sighed regretfully that … Continue reading →

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Ways To Be Safe and Happy

Posted on July 9, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker never felt completely safe. She was a tremendously brave person – in that the world in general scared her dreadfully, and her life was an exercise in finding ways to avoid, defeat and cure that fear. In which … Continue reading →

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The Day After

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker was often taken to Pismo Beach as a child, for her family’s summer vacation. For some reason – probably having to do with the expense and difficulty of housing 8, 9, 10 people or more, depending on who … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, America

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker was a responsible, patriotic American. She paid her taxes, served on juries without complaint, voted in every election – even volunteered at polling places between jobs. She came of a family where military and civil service jobs were … Continue reading →

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Spacer. Sparkly Spacer.

Posted on July 2, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker was a fanatic devotee of fireworks. She went to happy extremes to watch and use them, which I hope to talk about at some length – tomorrow. Tonight, I am going to bed early. I’m tired, from having … Continue reading →

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Birthday Dreams and Memories

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker vastly enjoyed celebrating birthdays.  And she enjoyed other people’s birthdays every bit as much as her own – as long as there was plenty of opportunity for decorations, furbelows, squibs, confetti, banners and all other manner of domestic … Continue reading →

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Bisy – Backson

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker was a salamander. A desert nymph – a cactacead? – or a fire elemental or an actual genie: they’re supposed to be smokeless flames in their natural forms. Maybe a dragon of some sort; she was partly of … Continue reading →

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The Tor Re-read Rolls Along!

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker would be so thrilled to know that Stephan Raets is doing a re-read of her work at Tor! She much admired and enjoyed the re-reads that are done there, following many of them herself – she always wanted … Continue reading →

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I Digress

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker was a humanist. It wasn’t in place of religion, as so many shallow conservatives seem to think; it wasn’t an article of faith, because it didn’t require any faith. She was a humanist the same way she was … Continue reading →

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June 11th

Posted on June 11, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker was born on Jun 10, 1952. That was yestreday. I wrote a blog about it – a nice balance, I thought, between fond sentimentality and the aching void in my heart that never goes away – between long … Continue reading →

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