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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

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Kate

Kage Baker liked adventures. No, I tell a lie. She liked talking about adventures; anything that made a good story delighted her. She enjoyed reading about them, if they were well-done and/or true: there is nothing so disappointing as a … Continue reading →

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Suddenly I’m Cool

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Kate

Kage Baker had a favourite solution to intractable heat: go to the movies, and sit in the dark eating ice cream for 3 hours. As she was rarely actually too hot, and was always ready to eat ice cream and … Continue reading →

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The Green Martyrdom

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Kate

Kage Baker was a devoted believer in running away. She abhorred violent interaction of any kind. She was rendered tongue-tied and incoherent by arguments, and was terrified by any threat of physical roughness. “I go tharn,” she would say, comparing … Continue reading →

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Made In California

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Kate

Kage Baker was fiercely proud of being a Californian. She loved the place. This rookery of wing nuts on the edge of the continent was her home. She was proud of its fertility, its enthusiastic extremism, its buffet-style environment – … Continue reading →

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September Going, Going …

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Kate

Kage Baker always sort of shrugged off September. In our day, of course, it began with the last precious days of summer vacation – then, across the yawning and demon-haunted abyss of Labour Day, school began. That pretty much soured … Continue reading →

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The Light, The Light

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Kate

Kage Baker loved the light of autumn. She loved light in general, being a thoroughly solar person. But all seasons have their own palettes, of course. Her favourite season was Summer, but her favourite seasonal light was Fall’s. Northern light, … Continue reading →

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SOMETHING Is With Us Always

Posted on September 20, 2014 by Kate

Kage Baker loved the past. She loved it so much that she could never forget it, never let it go – what she had once had and loved, she had and loved forever. Once something found its way into her … Continue reading →

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Heated Excuses

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Kate

Kage Baker would likely be disappointed in me. But the heat has just been too much for me lately. Los Angeles  has just completed a week of temperatures in the 90’s. It’s about to embark on one of temperatures in … Continue reading →

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Rain

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Kate

Kage Baker was mildly obsessed with rain. We both were; and had to be. Dedicated urbanite though Kage was, rain was extremely important to her. For one thing, the urb in which she lived most of her life was Los … Continue reading →

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Writing In The Heat

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Kate

Kage Baker enjoyed, and approved of, modern conveniences. As long as they worked. And behaved themselves. She loved someone in her immediate vicinity having a phone that would work anywhere; she preferred that it not be her, because she didn’t … Continue reading →

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