[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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Whole Life Challenge Week 7 Reflection
Week 7 has been the most difficult week of the Challenge for me. By far. I have not exercised for days. I have barely done this week's Lifestyle habit. I did not plan and grocery shop this week. I have been focused on work and lost sight of the Chall...
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Whole Life Challenge Week 6 Reflection
My coach suggested that Week 6 in the Challenge was a great time to recommit and really focus on completing the last two weeks in the strongest way. I am not sure I have recommitted this week. I don't know that I have really taken it any more serious...
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Whole Life Challenge Week 5 Reflection
Week 5 represents turning the corner on the Whole Life Challenge. Initial questions about all the habits still arise, but I am more active in my choices across all habits rather than choosing by default, or laziness, or sadness, or hunger. That feels...
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Whole Life Challenge Week 4
Week 4 means being halfway through the Whole Life Challenge. Week 4 means I have been counting points, drinking water, practicing gratitude, making a playlist, and joining a yoga studio. I am beginning to understand the rhythm of the Challenge. I am ...
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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.
