Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Within Stone Walls
Feb 13, 2015
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A couple of weeks ago, a reader sent me am article from the Wall Street Journal about a first novel that became an overnight success, (“Preparation for the Next Life,” by Atticus Lish. (Click here) The story is one that would make any struggling writer salivate. Tyrant, a sm
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Rich Man, Poor Man
Feb 12, 2015
Since museums are run by people, it should come as no surprise that competition exists for the patronage of the ultra rich among these institutions. At the moment, a war of sorts is going on between New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Until
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The Tyranny Of Good Intentions
Feb 11, 2015
“The Hard Sell,” is an amusing complaint by writer Adam Resnick about well-meaning friends. (Town&Country, 2/15 pgs. 82-84.) In his case, the friend was a woman who insisted he watch a foreign film called, Lovers of the Arctic Circle. When she told him about the plot, it
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The Death Of Ricco
Feb 10, 2015
The story didn’t make the major headlines of the day, but it caught my eye. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that in the interest of preserving civil liberties, federal law enforcement officials would no longer be allowed to seize property without evidence that a crime
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Emancipation For All
Feb 09, 2015
Recently, President Obama held a press conference where only women reporters were given an opportunity to field questions. His conduct drew much speculation in the media, and the reason may have been a response to some released studies that show women tend to remain silent in foru
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The Government We Deserve
Feb 06, 2015
When I ran for public office, I described myself as a fiscal conservative but a social liberal. Over time, I came to see my description was facile and without meaning. What was I saying about myself? That I don’t want people to pay much in taxes, but I wanted day care and heal
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Here To Help
Feb 05, 2015
A wonderful bakery exists two blocks from my new address so Sunday morning I walked over to buy some fresh croissants. On the way, I stopped at a newspaper stand and bent down to read the headline. Apparently, our city commissioners had passed an ordinance which required property
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Thoughts On Being #2
Feb 04, 2015
Joseph Stiglitz, American economist and winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics, has written a thought provoking piece in January’s Vanity Fair. In it, he looks at America’s future now that China has overtaken it as the world’s largest economy. Most certainly, he predict
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When Captcha Means Capture
Feb 03, 2015
We hear a lot about crowdsourcing these days — the seemingly democratic, web friendly enterprise that brings small contributors together with small entrepreneurs to promote new businesses or to help people who need surgeries raise the funds — a pitiful way to provide h
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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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