Even though Kate is an Aries (the fire sign), she thinks of herself as a water baby. She can't resist the ocean; it sings to her. Every day, she spends at least a few moments watching the water, and on good - or very bad - days, you can find her walking the Seawall for hours, rain or shine.Kate Austin has worked as a legal assistant, a commercial fisher, a brewery manager, a teacher, a technical writer, and a herring popper, while managing to read an average of a book a day. Go ahead - ask her anything. If she doesn't know the answer, she's more than happy to make it up because she's been reading and writing fiction for as long as she can remember.Kate blames her mother and her two grandmothers for her reading and writing obsession - all of them were avid readers and they passed the books and the obsession on to her. And she reads everything, from fantasy to mysteries to literary fiction to romance. She devours books.Kate Austin writes the same way - with passion. It's part of her day, every day, no matter what she's working on - including the content for this website. She loves writing, the process and the product, and is astonished and delighted that 20 years on, she's finally getting paid for it.