Author Archives: Kate

Kage Baker would have been 63 years old today. She wouldn’t have liked it much, I think. Getting old was not turning out to be as amusing as she had hoped. But time gives us all better perspectives, and she’d … Continue reading →

Kage Baker loathed interruptions to her writing. A knock at the door, excessive traffic noise, loudspeakers from the Pier 2 blocks away – they sent her mad. Even being told a meal was ready or being asked if she wanted … Continue reading →

Kage Baker really liked moderating panels. It gave her a sense of power, or so she always claimed. I think it actually just gave her a method to insist upon order, clarity, and sticking to the topic – things that, … Continue reading →

Kage Baker loved staying in hotels. I think is was actually why she consented to go to conventions at all – the stress of being on panels and meeting people was assauged by the availability of comfortable bars and restaurants … Continue reading →

Kage Baker was wont, at moments of extreme good fortune, to throw her head back and yell at the sky” “She’s ugly! Ugly!” This was a reference both to classic Latin drama, and classic Hollywood comedy: Pseudolus The Slave  (by Plautus), … Continue reading →

Kage Baker liked to get to a Con a day before she was actually due, It minimized the frantic race to get your passes and schedule, find your room, discover what indispensable item you had forgotten 8 hours and 300 … Continue reading →

Kage Baker loved going to science fiction conventions. She’d never been to one before her first stories were published. Her tastes ran more to Beatlefests, and even there she wore earplugs (to keep out the screaming) and spent most of … Continue reading →