Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Cheerios And The Coming Star Wars
Jan 22, 2016
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When I was 10, I found a land application for 1 square inch of the moon in my Cheerios cereal box. The time was the 1940s, long before John F. Kennedy had a gleam in his eyes to send Neil Armstrong into the stratosphere. As I was fascinated with astronomy, I jumped at the chance t
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When Is A Writer A writer?
Jan 20, 2016
The philosopher, George Berkeley, famously asked, “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” Recently, writing about the life of Samuel Steward, author of one successful book and many failed others, Jennifer Senior asks a similar
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All Calories Are Not Created Equal
Jan 19, 2016
Okay, the holidays are over and many of us are showing a little regret in the form of a jelly roll around our middles. We know how to get rid of it, providing we are willing to make the effort. Calories in-calories out. Right? Eat less and exercise more? Of course. In the end,
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A Clean Well-Lighted Place
Jan 18, 2016
I mentioned in a recent blog that a study in Denmark revealed people active on Facebook were less happy than those who weren’t. (Blog 12/7/2015) I confess some of the messages on social media leave me in despair. Mothers, fathers, children die and beloved pets, too. Divorce
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A Writer Should Run For President
Jan 14, 2016
I’m sure I’m a disappointment to my publishers. I don’t buy my books from them then schlep the tomes to every book fair and public watering hole in an effort to get my investment back. I think it is a poor business model for a writer. I prefer Snoopy’s approach in the cart
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Junk Food: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Jan 13, 2016
There’s a storm brewing at the retirement center. It’s a small one. 4 vegetarians have gathered and there’s talk of revolution. We’re sick of looking at all those drawn and quartered and fried dead animals that pass for food and want choices that are healthy. Surprisin
Continue Reading →A Temporary Rage/ A Basic Decency
Jan 12, 2016
I have known only a few African Americans in my life. All of them have been bright. Some of them were funny and a few of them prickly. They added to my joy and I’m sorry to say, they have all drifted away. The glue necessary to hold us together, something beyond respect, w
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Finding An Audience
Jan 11, 2016
I’m no genius, but I like to think people who read my blogs are. Why? Because if they find me, they discover curious items about the world, together with references that will allow them to pursue further information, if they choose. Blogs featuring boxing cats and the dogs t
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A Lesson From Marcel Proust
Jan 08, 2016
Recently, one of my blog readers sent me the link to comments made by Hannah MacDonald, head of an English publishing house. She was encouraging her colleagues to be kinder to writers. One wouldn’t want to squelch a budding Emily Dickenson, Jane Austin, or J. K. Rowling. (Click)
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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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