Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Editing: The Sweet Spot Of The Publishing Industry
Apr 13, 2016
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Editing books appears to be a job headed for specialization. In the past, my novels were reviewed by one individual. That person corrected for both content and technical errors. Between the time I did extensive rewrites on my upcoming novel, Ballet Noir, and was ready for a fina
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4chan and Beta Men: The New Superheroes
Apr 12, 2016
4chan is a web site where a number of beta men hang out, according to writer Angela Nagle. (‘The New Man of 4chan,” by Angela Nagle, The Baffler, No. 30, 2016, pg. 64-76.) 4chan is a image board website and a beta man is the opposite of an alpha man — someone seen as virgi
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Memory As Story
Apr 11, 2016
Memory for most of us is a window into our past and the glue that holds our personality together. When my mother can’t remember what she ate for breakfast or if she’s been given her medication, I am filled with sadness. But what I’m reflecting is my bias. My mother is happ
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Profit And The Need For New Paradigms
Apr 08, 2016
A corporation’s imperative is to make a profit. That imperative is baked into its DNA in the form a contractual agreement between the stockholder and the company. A company that fails to strive for profits will, in all likelihood, be sued. As crass as making a profit may sound i
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Death And Creative Genuis
Apr 07, 2016
Death and dying is a process as fearful for the artist as it is for the rest of us and immortality just as meaningless. But their manner of leave-taking should tell us something about the genius that purports to lift mystery’s veil on existence, at least a little. Dylan Thomas raile
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Self-Driving Cars: The Old Folks’ Freedom
Apr 06, 2016
Self-driving cars will change the lives of older Americans, though they may not know it yet. Joseph Coughlin, director of MIT’s AgeLab says “Younger people tend to trust technology without verifying it, while older people want to understand what’s happening.” (“Will Seniors
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Tumblr, Pizza And The Neighborhood
Apr 04, 2016
Tumblr is a social network site used by 10% of people who prowl the internet, according to the Pew Research Center, (“The Secret Lives Of Tumblr Teens,” by Elspeth Reeve, New Republic, March 2016, pg. 51) My blog first appeared there in 2010. The site was lively and I gained f
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Online Shopping Or The Mall?
Apr 01, 2016
Online shopping is increasingly popular and ordering from a website can beat driving to a mall. Getting your package on your doorstep is easier than hauling it home from a store, particularly as many web retailers are offering free shipping. So what’s not to like? Well, there ar
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Ticks, Lyme Disease and Spring
Mar 31, 2016
Ticks, those tiny arachnids that feed upon blood and leave their calling card in the form of Lyme disease, arrive with the warm weather and thanks to global warming, they are extending their habitat, bringing “novel and emerging tick-related viruses with them.” (“The Tick Pred
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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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