[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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MONDAYS ARE FREE EXERCISES 211-215
The "S" Sound. Work. Letting Go. Moments. Cartography. EXERCISE 211: EMBRACE TWO CONSTRAINTS sound occurs Write a 150-syllable poem in which the “s” sound occurs at least thirty times. Baby peaches sprout in Spring. Singing from/ bl...
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Living the Comma #23
Walking Forward. Hosanna. Holy Week. Dear Writer Friends, I want to write about what it means to walk forward. During the final week of Lent, I want to walk forward. As spring begins, I want to walk forward. After marches with millions, I want ...
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Weekly Wide-Awake #50
What if? Singing. The Good. Roots. Living the Comma #22 Dear Writer Friends, Our minister recently asked the question, “What if?” To provide a little context, she asked it of our church responding to the questions of our times. Her messa...
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Spit and Spaghetti #15
Pitches from Wind and Wall Brevity The Delight of Golden Joinery My childhood bedroom walls were adorned with beautiful china plates carefully curated by the women in my family — my mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Kittens, butt...
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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.
