Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Old Age And A Little Intercourse With The World
Aug 05, 2013
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One of my blog readers sent me an article from the New York Times, recently. Oliver Sacks wrote it. He’s a neurologist and bestselling author of notable books like Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat. He was ruminating on his upcoming 80th birthday. I’ve written
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What The Marketing Expert Doesn’t Know And Can’t Tell US
Aug 02, 2013
I went to hear a marketing/public relations expert make a pitch to writers the other night. My friend Susan Stoner, whose new book, Dry Rot, received a glowing review in our local newspaper, came with me. Both of us hoped to pick up a pointer or two on how to promote our works. The wo
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To Kill A Trust
Aug 01, 2013
When Lee Harper was asked if the reason why she never wrote a novel after To Kill a Mockingbird was because she didn’t want to compete with herself, the author replied, “Not just no, but hell no.” (“To Steal a Mockingbird,” by Mark Seal, Vanity Fair, August, 2013, pg.112) Sh
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The Artistry Of Blind Luck
Jul 31, 2013
“…in the dark recesses of my soul I will always be a high school dropout.” So writes Bruce McCall, cartoonist for the New Yorker in his essay about the failure that has haunted him all his life. (“Confessions of a High School Dropout,” by Bruce McCall, Town&Country, 8/13
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Meditation On Curmudgeons
Jul 30, 2013
I admit to having curmudgeon blood in me. I inherited it from my father who always pulled his shirt above his head whenever anyone pointed a camera in his direction. My scrapbook is full of pictures of my father as a headless man. Anyone who reads my blogs knows my Achilles heel is
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What’s In A Name?
Jul 29, 2013
Is the word manhole a sexist term? Maybe it is, but it won’t change soon as no one can come up with a better label. In the state of Washington, however, 40,000 words have been abolished from government documents to comply with a bill signed by Governor Jay Inslee. It bans gender-bas
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When Safe Means Sorry
Jul 26, 2013
“…perfect security at home without burdensome military engagements abroad” are the reasons our leaders are drawn to drone warfare, according to Audrey Kurth Cronin, a professor of Public Policy at George Mason University. (“Why Drones Fail, by Audrey Kurth Cronin, Foreign Affa
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Justice Coins A New Word
Jul 25, 2013
“Occupying is not the same as demonstrating,” observes Saskia Sassen, a sociology professor at Columbia University. She is making a distinction between recent public demonstrations against governments around the globe and those of the past. (“A Global Phenomenon: Squares That Ha
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The Brooklyn Bridge Is Still For Sale
Jul 24, 2013
Some time ago, I received a reply to one of my blogs which was about the 10th anniversary of the Iraq war. The response came from a gentleman who had worked for Paul Wolfowitz when Wolfowitz was Deputy Secretary of Defense in the George W. Bush administration. The writer wanted to cor
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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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