[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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It’s easy to invent a Life
It’s easy to invent a Life —/ God does it — every Day —/ Creation — but the Gambol/ Of His Authority —// It’s easy to efface it —/ The thrifty Deity/ Could scare afford Eternity/ To Spontaneity —// The Perished Patterns murmur —/ But His Perturbless Plan/ Proceed — inserting Here — a Sun —/ There — leaving out a Man —
Emily Dickinson
Make light of Life’s invention. We have the power in our hands. Create. Build. Craft. Imagine. Weave. Enjoy all twists and turns, knots and pulls, nips and tucks, elastic and rigid, hard and soft. Write your story. Define your dreams.
My Life would be part ballerina, part scientist, part yogi, part chef, part stand up comedian. Life would define humor and grace, and also solve big problems. Life would understand the lessons of savoring, balance, forgiveness, stillness, and breath. Life would consider all children her children, and all people who are elderly her grandparents. Life would spend vast amount of time outdoors in nature and with art of all kinds. Life would know wonder there.
About Katie
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.
