[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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5 Things I Learned From Week 3 of The Whole Life Challenge
Week 3 was the halfway point of this Whole Life Challenge. I have suffered a bit from being halfway in this entire Challenge. Begrudgingly drinking my water. Exercising, with complete intensity, only 4 or 5 days a week while just getting my 10 minute...
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5 Things I Learned Week 2 of the Whole Life Challenge
I went deep water fishing about 5 miles off the coast of Miami, Florida this week. From sun up to sun down, the wind felt like a giant paintbrush splashing pink and blue and salt and fish across the landscape of my life. I want to frame my Whole Life...
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Five Things I Learned Week 1 of the Whole Life Challenge
I started another 6 week Whole Life Challenge on September 29th. This is my third Whole Life Challlenge. My birthday was October 1, 2018. I like to think about birthdays as a time for reflection - a time to reboot the body, mind, and spirit. As an ef...
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Finding Calm
Calmness is the cradle of power. Josiah Gilbert Holland Some people amaze me. They smile in the midst of the biggest challenges, breathe into both joy and struggle, and dance during whatever song is being played, as if the rhythm of life ...
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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.
