Look and Listen

Biography

As a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Katherine attended high school in Beaumont, Texas before residing in Dallas. At age 17, modeling and acting began a career in film, print, commercials, voice and print work which lead her to a four year syndicated morning radio show with ABC Radio Networks, Inc. Initial employment in an administrative capacity in 1978, paved the way for positions with several Fortune 500 companies achieving an extensive back-ground in the areas of telecommunications and wholesale consumer goods sales as well as developed strong business operations and marketing skills. In 1996, Kat formed K.S. & Associates to which I provided copy writing and concept development. In 2001 publishing was added. With a very resourceful and entrepreneurial spirit, her energies also assisted her in launching TomKat Productions. In Kat’s career as a writer, her first article was published in the high school newspaper, and she went on to have work publish domestically and internationally for several magazine and newspapers. Katherine is the author of The Book Seller’s List, Publishing Step by Step and Love the Vicious Cycle. Most recently, she has released a nonfiction book - The Naked Author-Exposing the Myths of Publishing, and three screenplays; Domestic Goddess, Seeds from Mama’s Garden, and Bushwhacked.

Inspiration

I was a very shy girl and wrote down my thoughts and feelings in journals. Writing was, and is still an outlet to express myself. Words in print are the backbone of our society. As proven with the strike, without writers there would be limited movies, television shows, commercial, video games etc. Every idea conceived is written down in order to communicate its concept. I encourage writers to follow your bliss. Do what makes you happy. C. Rearie once said, “When passion and skill come together, you create a masterpiece.” I’ll say to anyone with a desire of achieve anything, go create your masterpiece. Another of my favorite quotes is by world-renowned violinist, Itzhak Perlman. Looking past his physical disabilities Mr. Perlman inspired many when he said, “Sometimes it is the artist’s task to find out how much music you can still make with what is left.” We have all had trials and life challenges. You have a choice to either make beautiful music or sing the blues.