[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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Reasons for Voyaging
Reasons For Voyaging The sculpture in front of the Christchurch Art Gallery is called Reasons for Voyaging. Shaped like sails extending from a ship’s hull, the grand structure is part European, part Maori, part modern, part ancient, part represe...
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Merry Christmas
On this Christmas Day know that you are special to us. May each of you, and your loved ones, know health and joy. May your grief land gently. May you be regularly amazed. May you be loved from all directions. May we be together soon.From the 2021 Cur...
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What It Means To See
To see takes time.Georgia O'Keefe Read more about what it means to see here...
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Travel Writing Right Now
What we want out of a vacation changes as we age. It changes from vacation to vacation. There was a time when it was all about culture for me. My idea of a real break was to stay in museums until my legs ached and then go stand in line to get tickets...
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Born in 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.
