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Aaand – Boiling Over and Putting Out the Fire

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker did not read her own correspondence. Not the first time, anyway. She had me open and read it, unless she was very sure of the news. And if she had a story out for consideration, no power on … Continue reading →

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Green Socks & Backwards Hats

Posted on April 10, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker was a superstitious person. It was a deliberate cultural choice on her part. I think the trappings appealed to her aesthetically. Also, she felt superstition was a way to influence inevitable fortune. It was a thumb on the … Continue reading →

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How The Stories Boil

Posted on April 9, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker had many favourite places to look for story inspiration. Every writer does, I guess. Some are tried-and-true wells of ideas and dreamscapes. Others are the 7-11’s of prose – garishly lit places on the edge of a wide … Continue reading →

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Let Simple Carbohydrates and Plant Alkaloids Reign

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker loved chocolate. Anyone who knows anything about her, knows that. Her devotion to theobromos was not at all an assumed posture, either, nor an attitude she took on for the promotion of her Company stories. It was a … Continue reading →

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Friday

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker always looked on Fridays as evaluation days. As the putative end of the work week – which mattered a lot more to her than anyone’s Sabbath – she regarded them as sort of general quality control days. She’d … Continue reading →

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Right! Before! Your! Eyes!

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker was probably a tetrachromate. I told her that once. She stared at me and said, “Don’t be ridiculous; I’m a registered Democrat.” A tetrachromate is the happy possessor of a variation in  eye construction. They have 4 cones … Continue reading →

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What The World Has To Offer

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker detested politics. She regarded as one of the most unpleasant duties of adulthood, the necessity of becoming familiar with political trends, tendencies and psychopathies. And yet, it had to be done, because otherwise one could not vote responsibly: … Continue reading →

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Days, Quarter Days, Cross-Quarter Days. And Saturday.

Posted on March 19, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker always reverently observed the Quarter Days, the 4 great horological linchpins of the astronomical year. Two Solstices, two Equinoxes – tidy and convenient. Everybody knows about these; all calendars show them, evening newscasters announce their coming to the  … Continue reading →

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No Pom Poms, Please

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker was not much given to cheer leading. She was suspicious of glee clubs, and school spirit, and group displays of passion and loyalty; to her, these were private matters and not to be pranced over in public. She … Continue reading →

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Rain On Down

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker was a firm believer in the adage: “When it rains, it pours.” Even though it didn’t mean what she thought it meant. And even when she found out what it did actually mean – it didn’t mean that. … Continue reading →

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