Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Tweets, Aphorisms And Adages — When Less Is More
Feb 24, 2017
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Not long ago, I had an exchange with an attorney who corrected my use of the words tactics and strategy. I replied his distinction was without a difference and pointed out the English Oxford Dictionary (OED) recognized the words as synonyms. Lawyerly language, as my attorney fr
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Nothing New Under The Sun — The Overton Window
Feb 23, 2017
The Overton Window is the current term for moving the inert political middle to the right or the left. It refers to “the range of policies on any given issue that are, at the moment, popular enough for a politician to campaign on successfully.” (“A Theory of Everything,” by
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Rutherford Classics — Cheaper Is Better
Feb 22, 2017
Opening my electronic mail, recently, I found as comment from a reader: “Each time I read Gothic Spring, or any of your novels, really, I’m reminded again that you are a storyteller extraordinaire.” I’m not modest enough to bury the compliment. Writers cherish a few kind
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College Tuition — Legacy Preference Or Walk On Water
Feb 21, 2017
Sitting down to coffee with a woman who runs a small non-profit organization, she began our conversation by thanking me for my recent contribution. Her remarks were gracious and allowed me to imagine I’d given significant assistance to her cause. Later, however, she let slip that
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Private Museums — Having Your Cake And Eating It
Feb 20, 2017
Over the years, collecting art has brought me much satisfaction. As I mentioned in a recent blog (1/6/2017), the pieces I have acquired feel like members of my family, and I am saddened to realize one day they will be sold off, piece by piece, or possibly end up in a landfill. My
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Marketing Today — It’s Trickier Than Getting The Word Out
Feb 17, 2017
J. K. Rowling’s criticism of Donald Trump is raising hackles on the internet. His loyal fans, once her loyal fans, are behaving like jilted lovers and threatening to burn their Harry Potter books in retaliation. Rowling says, “Go ahead. I’ve still got your money.” (Click) Pr
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Sitting Out Chaos
Feb 16, 2017
To admit these are confusing times is a statement of the obvious, like saying water is scarce in the desert. I’m confused when I read lawmakers in Mississippi are crafting legislation that will require schools, including those with primarily black attendance, to fly the Confederat
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The Sun Will Set On The Trump White House
Feb 13, 2017
A reader sent me a thoughtful article about Donald Trump’s strategic plan while in office. (Click) Bit by bit, the article dismantles the president’s false assumptions and explains why they will fail. But the assumption that Trump has a plan is, in my opinion, false. I see him
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The Sixth Estate
Feb 10, 2017
In a blog entitled A Polemic (1/20/17), I wrote about an artist’s duty to comment upon events of the time. In a similar vein, the editors of Harper’s devoted their February edition to “A Resister’s Guide”: 11 writers stop to consider the impact of Donald Trump’s 2017 pre
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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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