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And Back Again

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Kate

Kage Baker blessedly lacked a few of the classic problems of the writer. She seldom got writer’s block, and never for very long. She was seldom depressed. She dodged, resisted and/or ignored comments from her audience, and thus was untroubled … Continue reading →

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This Time, I’ll Yell Out

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Kate

Kage Baker had one dependable solution for those moments when the world became too much for her. That was to write. Because really, kids, let’s be honest. Unless you are Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (or on serious drugs. Or maybe … Continue reading →

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How I Do It, Now That I Am Old

Posted on February 2, 2018 by Kate

Kage Baker never kept much of a story idea file. That’s the file where you keep the ideas that might become stories. It’s full of articles of interest, isolated signs or photos of provocatively dubious provenance, and disjointed phrases that … Continue reading →

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The Moon In Wine

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Kate

Kage Baker would have loved last night’s Super Blue Blood Moon. Once I got her out of bed, that is, and she had forced her eyes into focus. Then, the lunar fire balloon in the West would have had her … Continue reading →

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January 31, 2018

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Kate

Kage Baker had been tucked into her big feather bed for the last night, this time eight years ago. She was sleepy but lucid as the sun set; she sat up against her pillows and saw the sun down into … Continue reading →

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Revelations On Saturday the 13th

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Kate

Kage Baker loved the cartoon work of Walt Kelly. She loved the way he drew things, and she loved his peculiar sense of humour, and she loved his particular fierce and loving philosophy. One of the things she loved was … Continue reading →

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I Have A Weird Diagnosis!

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Kate

Kage Baker used to complain when I got sick. Not the mere fact of my getting sick – I was healthier than she was by a long shot, until she contracted something fatal.  Kage was actually pretty sympathetic to my … Continue reading →

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New Year, New Habits

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Kate

Kage Baker always felt that an annual resolution to do less of a bad thing was every bit as necessary as resolving to do something virtuous and new. All Kage ever pledged to accomplish was survival, which she reasoned was … Continue reading →

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Interregnum (Let’s Go Out To The Lobby!)

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Kate

Kage Baker had bronchitis or influenza every winter, for years, with a horological accuracy. Some years we couldn’t tell quite what she had – it was over-layered by whatever Plague was making the rounds at Dickens Fair, which she also … Continue reading →

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Blood Music*

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Kate

Kage Baker hated medical tests. She did all she could to avoid any sort, and only bowed to the necessity when she developed a fatal disease. And then she was courageous and magnificently authorly; she described the process of intrauterine … Continue reading →

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