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Coming Back To Life; Or, An Abrupt Change of Subject

Posted on December 11, 2020 by Kate

Kage Baker had a peculiar conviction that the Bible – Testaments Old and New – was full of zombie stories. This is no way interfered with her religious faith. Kage considered herself a Christian, probably a Catholic; but also a … Continue reading →

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Familiar Monsters

Posted on July 24, 2019 by Kate

Kage Baker  really, really never wanted to write monster stories. She liked monster movies – preferably black and white, and soundless if possible. She liked the classic Universal monsters: Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, Wolfman; she even liked some B-list but classic … Continue reading →

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Kage Baker Is Right – Again

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Kate

Kage Baker took it as a surety – and practiced it, and preached it, too – that writing was a panacea for all pains. It started when she was a little girl. Shortly after Kage discovered she could continue the … Continue reading →

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More Fruit

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Kate

Kage Baker liked fruit, but not just any fruit. No one likes just any fruit, I suspect – does anyone really like Red or Yellow Delicious Apples? – but Kage really liked exotic stuff. At least, she liked the idea … Continue reading →

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Summer of The Spiders: The Return

Posted on June 15, 2019 by Kate

Kage Baker tried hard to write through any problem she ever had. She succeeded an amazing amount of the time. Her focus was inhuman, essentially becoming tunnel vision and elective deafness. Stephen King, in one of his excellent essays on … Continue reading →

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I’ve Caught A Fever

Posted on June 13, 2019 by Kate

Kage Baker burned with a constant high fever. She was like the Ghost of Christmas Past: capped with a flickering flame, like a torch. You couldn’t literally see it – but if you spent some time with her, that flame … Continue reading →

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Inspiration

Posted on May 13, 2019 by Kate

Kage Baker began writing only about the things she personally liked. That may seem self-evident as a writing gambit, but few writers have the self-control (I guess you’d call it) to stick to the tiny personal stuff. Real writing is … Continue reading →

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Status

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker enjoyed status reports. She liked to keep track of where she was on a project, how far she had come and how far was yet to go. I think it was part of her fondness for maps. She … Continue reading →

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Hacking Consciousness

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Kate

Kage Baker was quite scornful of “life hacks” . Those began to proliferate like bacteria on the Internet about as soon as it went commercial; along with porn, games with annoying sound effects, and cat videos. She scorned all of … Continue reading →

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A Zombie Story

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Kate

Kage Baker didn’t  like zombies. Not even in October, when her fondness for all monsters was at its peak. She had no respect for werewolves – a childhood spent watching Lon Chaney Jr. as the Wolfman leaves an entirely different … Continue reading →

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