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Tag Archives: kage baker
Do I Have An Appointment?
Kage Baker once observed – during the long, Machiavellian saga of her mortal illness – that sick people need service brains. Being sick is so exhausting, securing care is so complicated, everything you need is so specialized and yet so … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Howard Phillips
Kage Baker had a deep respect for H. P. Lovecraft, whose birthday it is today. She wasn’t very fond of horror in general, but she had an enormous fondness for good writing by anybody. And she was always in support … Continue reading
Fanboys
Kage Baker was always cautiously willing to like her fans. Being almost paralytically shy, getting used to meeting them in real time and space was one of the most arduous author’s challenges she overcame. But she loathed … fanboys. … Continue reading
What Lenses Reveal Gold?
Kage Baker was not much given to moodiness. She had moods, of course – anything with a biological rhythm and chemical responses to its environment can claim that. If you are one of those sensitives souls who are also susceptible … Continue reading
Grumping Is Out
Kage Baker, being a basically courteous person, acknowledged that sometimes people are just not in a good mood. She never told people to smile or to just get over themselves; she hated it – though silently and with ladylike restraint, … Continue reading
Normalcy Is Back In Effect
Kage Baker approved of normalcy. For a given value of normalcy, anyway. A value mostly exclusive to her household, and not in particular alignment with anyone else’s definition. On the other hand, she felt strongly that other people ought to … Continue reading
Temporarily Out Of Order
Kage Baker loved the work of Robin Williams. She also knew him to be a nice guy, as anyone who ever met him – no matter how casually – was wont to testify. He died yestreday, pretty much of being … Continue reading
How To Work A Lazy Sunday
Kage Baker loved lazy Sundays. They have rules, though. They have to be an unforced blossom in the garden of life. They can’t be made, or planned for in advance. They just happen. You wake up naturally – nothing wakes … Continue reading
Writing Like A Madwoman
Kage Baker was prone to frantic fits of writing. Sometimes an idea would seize her with such force and authority that she became a quivering magnetized needle at her desk – utterly focussed on getting the words out of her … Continue reading
June 10th
Kage Baker would have been 62 years old today. That would have made her 2 years older than me for the next 3 weeks – there was a year and 20 days between her and me. And by long-standing tradition, … Continue reading
Kathleen, Kage and the Company 