[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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Marie Forleo B-School: Week 4 Reflections
My brain has felt like mile 17 of a marathon this week. Ideal Customer Avatar interview data. Course materials. Group coaching calls. Previous work from the last month of B-School. Facebook discussions. All powered me forward, but my legs are heavy. ...
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Marie Forleo B-School: Week 5 Reflections
If last week in B-School was mile 17 of a marathon, then this week was a perpetual spin cycle in a washing machine. My brain felt like tasks and energy and bright shiny new steps to take were being tossed around amidst water and suds and dirt and ste...
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Marie Forleo B-School Week 6 Reflections
We have a treelike bush on our balcony. Several months ago it got attacked by white fungus creepy crawly looking things. I treated it with several remedies, overtime, to no avail. I pruned back the dead branches until it was basically a few larger st...
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Marie Forleo’s B-School Week 7 Reflection
If last week I was a gardener artfully pruning, this week I have been a surgeon delicately operating. The focus of my week has been on reworking, searching, massaging, considering, dreaming, and messaging text across the breadth of my Big Idea. The m...
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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.
