[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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There Is A Season
"Seasons is a wise metaphor for the movement of life, I think. It suggests that life is neither a battlefield nor a game of chance but something infinitely richer, more promising, more real. The notion that our lives are like the eternal cycle of the...
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Paying Attention
Some of the Highlights That Made 2022 A Wonderful Year
Seeing the seasons change on the Beltline. When we moved to Atlanta in April of 2021, we knew the Beltline would be a big part of our Atlanta experience. It has been and continues to be. After living in Miami for a few years, a return to changes i...
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Podcasts I Loved in 2022
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. Friedrich Nietzsche Podcasts teach my to fly. They have been communication in times of isolation. They have been wisdom i...
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What To Do When It’s Your Turn
"The body decides. The voice in your head narrates." Seth Godin I have spent a lot of time taking turns. I have hurried and rested. I have rushed and waited. I have leaped and stood still. I have danced and crawled. What I know for sure about taki...
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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.
