[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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Weekly Wide-Awake: What I Learned
I turned 50 on October 1st of 2021. In celebration of that milestone, I wrote 100 thank you notes in 100 days. Notes took the form of actual notes I sent in the mail, email, Facebook direct messages, and tweets. A certain divine randomness determined how the thank you was sent. I wrote notes to mentors and family members. I wrote notes to politicians and journalists. I wrote notes to creatives and artists. I wrote notes to leaders of all description. I wrote notes to people who have made a difference in my life, on a personal level, and to those who have a more global impact on our world.
The 100 in 100 idea came to me over the summer time when thinking through exactly how I want to celebrate my 50th birthday. The idea to do a specific thing for a specific amount of time has been peppered across my experience for years. Much has been written about what is learned when we focus directly on specific actions or goals. (“Six weeks to a XXX.” My year doing XXX.” “The XXX Project.”) I have practiced gratitude, intentionally, for years — lists, yoga, thank you notes, interviews, meditation, readings, writing, even teaching. My 100 in 100 project was an extension of that work.
100 Thank You Notes in 100 days
About Katie
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.
