[The Stage is on Fire] is a page-turner in which, much like life, there are no easy answers and yet each step of the journey yields insight and hope. This work of heart must not be missed!
Melanie Faith
Creative Writing Teacher, Essayist & Poet.
Katie Steedly’s first-person piece [The Unspeakable Gift] is a riveting retelling of her participation in a National Institutes of Health study that aided her quest to come to grips with her life of living with a rare genetic disorder. Her writing is superb.
The Society of Professional Journalists
In recognition of receiving the Dateline Award for the Washingtonian Magazine essay, The Unspeakable Gift.
I thank you … It is the authenticity of your “class notes”; and it is the delicacy and skill with which you present the nuances of classroom life and the actuality of your students’ and fellow teachers’ lives.
Maxine Greene
Philosopher and Education Scholar
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Category: Course Work
Course Work
When The Impossible Has a Price
8-Track Knowing The Remembered Object I remember my bright yellow 8-track tape player. It was a favorite things, right up there with my poetry folder and bike and tap shoes. I would “borrow” 8-track tapes — like Joni Mitchell, Blue&n...
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Course Work
Counsel From My Ultimate Teacher
Here is what my ultimate teacher teaches me. Keep a soft heart. In this world that might seem to reward hard edges, fake veneers, and a fast pace, ensure your heart stays soft. A soft heart does not judge—a soft heart giggles. A soft heart is...
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Course Work
MONDAYS ARE FREE 076 — 080
Navigation. Metaphor. Voicemail. Dear Friends, Here is another MONDAYS ARE FREE. Mondays are Free is writing calisthenics. It’s a gym for writing muscles. I share my writing exercises, hoping my commitment to going public ...
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Course Work
Advice From My Guardian Angel
Years ago, I took a writing class with Martha Beck, “Writing Into The Light.” In the course, we were asked to write a letter to ourself from the perspective of our guardian angel. I loved the assignment. I loved the idea that we have guardian ang...
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From Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
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The Stage Is On Fire, a memoir about hope and change, reasons for voyaging, and dreams burning down can be purchased on Amazon.
