Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
A Seat Beside Johnny Carson
Aug 21, 2015
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“All the world’s a stage,” Shakespeare wrote and with the advent of social media, his words couldn’t be truer. So many comedians exist on the internet that late night television shows have hired as writers some of Twitter’s leading lights. (“Satirized for Your Consumption,
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To Be Or Not To Be?
Aug 20, 2015
What a piece of work is man? Seen from outer space, we homo sapiens, dwelling on the third planet from a middling sun, appear to be unique in that we are conscious. Our imagination is limitless and we use it to alter our environment for the benefit of our species. Over time,
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Another Fact Of Fiction
Aug 19, 2015
I came across statistics published in the July/August 2015 edition of Mother Jones that left me wanting to laugh and cry simultaneously. Certainly, I was reminded of the British comedy, The Mouse That Roared, starring Peter Sellers. Sellers played thae prime minister of the duchy of G
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Tune In Or Drop Out
Aug 18, 2015
I’m surprised at the age difference among readers of this blog. 20% are Millennials and I’m glad they’re with me, but as I often discuss topics about aging, I’m curious to know why they follow me. Millennials are a savvy generation, forward in their thinking and active in sol
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Why Literature? Llosa Answers
Aug 17, 2015
I’ve devoted a few blogs to the notion that literature is a gateway to truth and human understanding. (Blog 8/14/15) Regrettably, books of history, biography and science sell better than fiction because too many believe the latter is frivolous and unworthy of a serious mind. Mario V
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The Heart Of Fiction
Aug 14, 2015
Recently, a young woman on my Facebook page won a writing contest. She’s been struggling, like most writers, to get her voice heard. Winning the contest was validation of her talent. But why did she succeed now where in the past, she’d faced rejections? The difference this time, I
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Transgender Pronouns
Aug 12, 2015
Sometimes, being a feminist is a pain. Especially when choosing gender pronouns. In a sentence like, A writer will have greatest success if [he? she?] avoids passive voice, which pronoun should I use? In the early days of the women’s movement, some authors switched to “she.
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The Rights Of The Displaced
Aug 11, 2015
Recently, I was a guest on a radio program, Labor Hour, where, with co-hosts Susan Stoner and Lane Poncy, we discussed the future of the labor movement. (Click) When asked what I thought was the single most important issue facing the workplace, I answered, “robotics” and the thr
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Frail And Sensitive Little Bullies Revisited
Aug 10, 2015
My blog of June 23, “Frail And Sensitive Little Bullies,” evoked a number of responses, particularly among Facebook readers. At issue was the concern a female student shared with her instructor about Ovid’s Metamorphoses. She was a rape victim and feared reading the descriptio
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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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