[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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Writing by hand
Writing by hand had failed. Typing festered hope. The typewriter was not a plaything. Christopher Nolan In the deepest, darkest, tucked away, sacred parts of me, writing has never been a plaything. Much like reading has connected me to life itself...
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Paying Attention
One Word Pulled
One word pulled her toward the next, leading her out of herself Lia Mills I left myself as I walked through Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI) by St. Stephens Green in Dublin. One word pulled me to the next. Around each corner through books and ...
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MONDAYS ARE FREE #026 — #030
Spill. Forgive. Love. Praise. Rest. EXERCISE 026: DIVINE Spill the tea Make yourself a cup of tea. Tip the cup so the tea spills (wherever: table, sink, floor, sidewalk). Describe what the tea looks like as it’s spilling. Reveal a secret ...
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Poetry
I felt my life with both my hands
I felt my life with both my hands/ To see if it was there - I held my spirit to the Glass,/ To prove it possibler -// I turned my Being round and round/ And paused at every pound/ To ask the Owner's name -/ For doubt, that I should know the Sound -//...
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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.
