Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Equality And Race
Oct 13, 2017
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When I went in for my first cataract surgery, the nurse handed me a medical questionnaire. Among the boxes to be checked was the one that often gives me pause. Was I white or Hispanic? I never know what to do with these labels. (Blog 8/8/17) In the end, I checked the “whit
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Is There A Doctor In The House?
Oct 12, 2017
Facing the second of two cataract surgeries, I feel I’ve seen enough doctors for a while. Unfortunately, as one gets older, a person tends to see more, not less, of them. I should be happy. I have access to medical care when I need it. In some parts of the country, particularly
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Writing For Cats
Oct 11, 2017
I’ve written more than once about the games people play to get their books on The New York Times best-seller list. (Blog 4/10/14). The direct route, used for years by Evangelical writers, politicians, (Blog 1/14/16)) and well-known authors, like Jaqueline Suzanne and Wayne Dyer, i
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Finding Your Way Around The Short Story Market
Oct 10, 2017
Picking up on yesterday’s comments about where to publish a short story — in a periodical or an anthology – let me take a step back. Writers should recognize they are living in a time of significant change in short-story publishing. Fewer high-circulation magazines publish
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Vanity Anthologies
Oct 09, 2017
I received a credit of 7 cents in royalties this quarter for my story, Agent of God, published in an anthology by Wolfsinger publishing. (Click). The company bought my piece outright, so I didn’t expect much of a royalty, especially as profits are shared with 30 other writers
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Tiffany, Where Beauty And Utility Collide
Oct 06, 2017
I learned to love the glow of silver from an older friend who was a collector. She hated polishing all the candlesticks and tea pots and fish knifes, however, so she’d roll them up in plastic wrap to keep the air from tarnishing the surfaces. Usually it worked. But when a cele
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Fake Art
Oct 05, 2017
As I’ve written before, gatekeepers, those whose reputations outweigh other standards of measurement, are the people who decide what is great art and what isn’t. Of course, those experts change with each succeeding generation and so, the value of art is ephemeral, something th
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When Analog And Digital Worlds Collide
Oct 04, 2017
I admit it, I’m an analog girl in a digital world. Hiring a cab the other day, the company asked if I planned to pay with cash or plastic? I have no idea why my method of payment matters. Maybe the company sends old cars for people who still use cash. The driver who picke
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Notes From An Analog Girl In A Digital World
Oct 03, 2017
By now we’ve all heard about various security breaches that occurred during the presidential election and others at large companies like Equifax. As a result, security companies are busy milking our insecurities with offers to make our private information safe. Regrettably, thes
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Portland, Oregon author Caroline Miller had distinguished careers as an educator, union president, elected official and artist/advocate.
Her play, Woman on the Scarlet Beast, was performed at the Post5 Theatre, Portland, OR, January/February 2015
Caroline published a serialized novelette, Marie Eau-Claire, on the website, The Colored Lens. She also published the story Gustav Pavel, a parable about ordinary lives, choice and alternate potential, on the website Fixional.co.
Caroline has published five novels
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