Author Archives: Kate

Kage Baker dearly loved puzzles. Physical ones, anyway – not so much word puzzles, which she said all reminded her of the dreaded word problems in IOWA tests (which is what we had in the benighted 60’s). You know – … Continue reading →

Kage Baker loved the marine layer. May Grey, it’s called in Southern California. June Gloom. Some years, it stretches into July Why God Why?, but that’s rare; though we do have years when the summer sun is basically not seen … Continue reading →

Kage Baker had migraines. Bad ones, too – nausea, pain, light sensitivity, and a mixed grill of synesthesia to top it off. Kage would see sounds, feel colours, smell textures – and, to her outrage and dismay, they were all nasty. … Continue reading →

Kage Baker was a very Queen of search engines. She was enchanted with the idea at first encounter – which was when I set up our first little computer with our first little ISP server. Long ago and far away, … Continue reading →

Kage Baker always felt rather cheated by the implications of Midsummer’s Day. It very much is NOT in the middle of summer; in fact, it’s technically the first day of the season. It’s the summer solstice, which is wonderful – … Continue reading →

Kage Baker loved Shakespeare – all of his work. She was particularly fond of the plays, because ol’ Willy was such a superb dialogue writer – under the Elizabethan parlance and grammar (which Kage learned incredibly well) is an outstanding … Continue reading →

Kage Baker was adamant that every writer needed access to an utterly inviolable space. If you were lucky enough to have a spare room, or a livable attic, or a tree house, or a disused camper shell in the backyard … Continue reading →

Kage Baker was familiar with various breathing aids. As you get older, you either need something yourself or someone you know finds themselves hooked up to the tanks and tubes of assisted respiration. She quite hated the idea of something … Continue reading →