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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.

Adventures In Grist

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Kate

Kage Baker clung to the philosophy that everything was grist for the writer’s mill. It wasn’t that she was desperate to find material for stories – inspiration was her constant companion; her Muse guided her through her days with his … Continue reading →

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Jump-starting Sessile Behaviour

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Kate

Kage Baker taught me that a writer sometimes needs to jump-start their writing. Forcibly. Perhaps with explosives. This means that writers can fall into behaviour totally lacking the energy curve sufficient to make the leap into actual writing. Research slowly … Continue reading →

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No Thanks, Nostalgia

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Kate

Kage Baker liked to reminisce, from time to time, about the diverse things that made our adolescence interesting and unique. It was a kind of mental aerobics for her – it exercised her memory, letting her keep the files tidy … Continue reading →

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Up, Up and Inside Out!

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Kate

Kage Baker adored Pixar. It’s not at all too strong a word. Animation in general was one of her most emotional passions, and Pixar was like a new Messiah vaulting across the heavens of animated films. She had rejoiced when … Continue reading →

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July 1st

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Kate

Kage Baker always had a plan. She made plans compulsively, determinedly. She made lists, with headings and sub-headings and all the alpha-numerical descending gradations we learned in high school essay: 1,2,3 to A,B,C to i, ii,iii to a,b,c and down … Continue reading →

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Midsummer

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Kate

Kage Baker loved Midsummer. What’s not to love, after all? Midsummer, St. John’s Day, Litha, the Summer Solstice that marks the longest day and the shortest night of the year – it’s the very peak and pivot of summer. And … Continue reading →

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To Every Season

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Kate

Kage Baker hated change. That’s not so peculiar, really. Most people dislike change, when you get right down to it. When there’s some vast problem, some injustice or societal harm going on, then people want a change – but in … Continue reading →

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Grass and Air

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Kate

Kage Baker did a surprisingly good Blanch De Bois imitation. She wasn’t the sort of woman poor Blanche is, but she could summon an astounding Southern drawl from the depths of her maternal genome. Kage could coo like a born … Continue reading →

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The Necessarys of Writing

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Kate

Kage Baker – stubborn devotee of writing every day that she was – would sometimes admit to being defeated. Not often, mind you: even when with faced with almost insurmountable barriers to accomplishing anything authorly, Kage would bend all her … Continue reading →

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Under The Veil

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Kate

Kage Baker loved classical California June weather: “June Gloom”, as the non-appreciative call it, or “May Grey”, in years when it doesn’t cooperate with weather tropes. Historically, May and June are overcast. The sea and the air get amourous and … Continue reading →

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