[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 126 —130
Mess. Preparation. Hosting. Dreaming. Cleaning Up. EXERCISE 126: PARDON THE MESS a little shine Describe a room in detail that is not yet fit for someone who is about to visit. We are preparing for Friendsgiving. Our living room is a me...
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Course Work
The Story
The Challenge and Art of the Six-Word Memoir Broken miracle beautifully duct taped together. Depth breath. Two steps. Deep breath. Star dust. Scar tissue. Steel rims. Brick by brick. Stone by stone. Let the river carry you ...
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Podcasts
Hope and Surrender
And if there is one thing that I, if I had the chance to do it over again, could’ve done differently, would’ve been to walk into it in a stance of surrender — arms collapsed, no clipboard, no agenda, no cherished outcome — and to have almost ...
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Course Work
Hope
How to Build a Pattern and Break It The thing about hope is it breathes imagination. The thing about imagination is it creates courage. The thing about courage is it feeds heart. The thing about heart is it fuels desire. The thing abou...
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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.
