Writing by hand

[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 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, writing has never been a plaything. Much like imagination and curiosity and creativity have been lights in dark times, writing has never been a plaything. Much like the stars that guide sailors, the marble from where angels emerge, or the gold that holds our broken pieces together, writing has never been a play thing.

The world changes when the words flow. What I mean is my head is clearer, my heart is lighter, my back is straighter, my steps are intentional, my breath is measured.

Writing holds hope. Writing breathes hope into existence. Hope is not a plaything.