Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Abandon Fear Ye Who Enter Here
Nov 03, 2022
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A friend of mine took a series of tests to determine her mental decline as she aged. Happily, for her, the tests were comforting. Even so, I admired her courage. What she’d done was like poking a sleeping bear with a sharp stick. If the news hadn’t been good, how would she h
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Perchance To Dream 13
Oct 27, 2022
(More wisdom on self-publishing) He is a veteran of self-publishing. Even when small and mid-sized presses published my novels, I read his column in the local writers’ newsletter. His advice was useful for everyone. Having decided to self-publish my upcoming memoir, Getting Lost
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Oct 25, 2022
(The Wonderland of Memoir Publishing) A friend wrote to tell me his memoir had been accepted by a small press. They’d approached him on his Facebook page. Also from Facebook, he’s been contacted by someone who wants to develop a television series based on the memoir, and a thi
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It Isn’t The Economy, Voters!
Oct 20, 2022
Support for Republicans in the next election is rising because the economy is down, some say. Even women independents are leaning toward Republicans despite the party’s hostility to female rights and its aim not only to end all abortions but contraception as well. Men may have the
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In Memory Of Iran’s Mahsa Amini
Oct 18, 2022
Those of us who take an interest in women’s issues remember Republican Congressman Todd Akin’s remark that a female rape victim rarely becomes pregnant as a result of her ordeal. How the newspapers laughed! Scoffed! Sniggered! Yet, science agrees with Akin. Spiders, turtles, fro
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Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark
Oct 13, 2022
He was hunched against the retirement center’s brick wall, his figure illuminated by the light from a single bulb overhead. A hoodie covered most of his face, but by his crouched position, I knew he was young. He was probably one of the homeless in the area, though I’d not seen hi
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In Praise Of Incunabulum
Oct 11, 2022
“My grandmother has trouble with her phone too,” the sales representative said. “My advice is to call your cell number once a month to avoid letting it fall into sleep mode.” Who knew? My cell phone goes catatonic if I don’t talk to it enough. Needless to say, my transitio
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Of Human Bondage
Oct 06, 2022
If past practices are a justification for anything, then slavery should be legal. Slavery existed long before the birth of Christ, and several passages in the Bible sanction the institution. Many of us may think slavery is illegal in the modern world. But, those of us who do are wro
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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 four novels
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