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Destination: Pacific Grove

Posted on January 27, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker regarded Pacific Grove as a destination resort. It’s not that peculiar; lots of people do, since Pacific Grove is one of the prettiest, most packed full of good restaurants, covered with butterflies cities in the world. (It’s a … Continue reading →

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I’m Off To Meet The Muse

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker relied heavily on writing holidays. They were one of the primary energy sources for her creativity. One was always necessary when she started a new book, or got a custom assignment, or hit the 7th-inning doldrums on a … Continue reading →

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Internal Phrenology

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker got a lot of questions about her immortal, time-travelling cyborg Operatives. And thinly disguised in every question – except when it was asked outright – was the plaintive question, “Could I be an Operative?” To which, Kage immediately … Continue reading →

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Poor Workmen

Posted on January 24, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker was a firm proponent of the adage, It’s a poor workman that blames his tools. She felt that it was undoubtedly true in its original meaning, that it’s a chicken-weenie way to excuse your own bad work by … Continue reading →

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Interesting Times, and The Attention of the Mighty

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker had – of course! – a lot of respect for proverbs and folk sayings. As a student of history and a fan of small, strange facts, she found the pithy sayings of the past of particular value. If … Continue reading →

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The Things Are Still People

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker liked the idea of a staff. She didn’t want servants, precisely. (She was sometimes in service herself.) But she would have been pleased to have a large household around her – one that was minimally organized, and took … Continue reading →

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A Little Off-Track But Determined

Posted on January 18, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker believed that you should never tell a dream before you ate breakfast: if it’s a good dream, it won’t come true, but if it’s a bad one – it promptly will. I’ve seen her leap out of bed, … Continue reading →

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Episodes of Beauty

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker was big on the idea of the Circle of Life. Partly this was because she was a rabid, if episodic, Disney fan. She was raised on Snow White, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty. Fantasia  was probably her favourite movie … Continue reading →

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Shouting Above The Static

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker fought, as all of us do, the vagaries and personality quirks of her electronic media. She was pretty firmly convinced that her home network in specific, and the aether in general, possessed growing intelligences, and she wasn’t sanguine … Continue reading →

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Holding Fast In The Storm

Posted on January 10, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker loved all her techno-tools. Machines fascinated her, especially ones she didn’t really understand. She enjoyed that combination of high-tech and mysticism. Not that she trusted them, mind you. Kage didn’t trust much of anyone, really, and her computer … Continue reading →

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