[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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Gratitude
Gratitude and Creativity: Creativity As Love Letter
To be creative is to be in love with life.Osho Creativity has saved my life on several occasions. When I think back over performing in casts, singing in choirs, writing books, directing shows - and studying, watching, and learning about all that -...
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Books Falling
Simplicity
"If you have known how to compose your life, you have accomplished a great deal more than the man who knows how to compose a book. All other things - to reign, to hoard, to build - are, at most, inconsiderable props and appendages. The great and glor...
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Presence
Your presence is a miracle. Thich Nhat Hanh My Word of the Year for 2024 is presence. I have chosen a Word of the Year for many years. I want to intentionally walk into the new year, thinking about and acting on my Word of the Year. More specifica...
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Doing Philosophy
Word of the Year 2018: Simplicity
I have just three things to teach:simplicity, patience, and compassion.These are your greatest treasures.Simple in actions and in thoughts,your return to the Source of Being.-Lao-Tzu I can make things complicated. I can create knots in my stomach....
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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.
