Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Stay Safe In A Virtual World
Jun 14, 2013
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This week I came across an article about identify theft which offers tips worth passing along. As the author Laura Sinberg observes, “Hackers have become sophisticated at using one bit of information as a wedge to pry out more.” (“Build a fortress around your finances,” by Lau
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When A Door Closes
Jun 13, 2013
“What the American public always wants is a tragedy with a happy ending.” So wrote William Dean Howell, author and literary critic, to the great American writer Edith Wharton, (“Root and Branch” by Gary Greenberg, Harpers, June 2013, pg86) I had to smile when I read those word
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A Celebration Of Pain
Jun 12, 2013
In 1897 Father Damien, a Belgian, arrived at the leper colony in Molokai, Hawaii to minister to the sick. In 1884 he altered his Sunday sermon by beginning, not with his usual salutation, “You lepers…” but with a new one: “We lepers.” I remember weeping years ago when I came
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A Virtual Dilemma
Jun 11, 2013
Yesterday, I read an excerpt from a book, Give Me Everything You Have On Being Stalked, by James Lasdun. It’s a harrowing account of one woman’s relentless effort to use the internet to destroy the author’s reputation. Stephen King couldn’t have run a deeper chill down my spin
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The Price of Failure
Jun 10, 2013
I received a partial acceptance for a short story last week. The caveat was that I had to cut off the beginning and end, no small amputation from my point of view. The editor’s concluding sentence tried to be encouraging: All in all, this story has potential especially if you focus
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In Praise Of Beetles
Jun 07, 2013
“Any species that is wholly contented, perfectly adapted to its environment, runs a real risk of its extinction.” So begins Walter Kerr, theater critic, lyricist and Broadway director of several successful productions, in his 1962 publication, The Decline of Pleasure. (Paperback e
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A Matter Of Definition
Jun 06, 2013
The other day, a young woman with whom I have a business arrangement referred to me as “sweet.” The word has been applied to me before and each time I blanche at the description. Believe me, gentle reader, I am anything but sweet. I take no offense at the word. I simply have no wi
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It’s The Puzzle Not The Solution
Jun 05, 2013
One of the ironies of life is that a writer depends upon critics as much as he or she depends upon readers. Without the critic there is no chatter and a new book lies as neglected as a homework assignment after graduation. Haruki Murakami’s magnum opus, 1Q84 came out in English tran
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Dirge For The Common Man
Jun 04, 2013
Recently, on his PBS television program, Bill Moyers interviewed two women whose job it is to lobby against lobbyists. As they talked, the pair cited many instances where big money and big government worked together against the interest of the common man. Moyers, a former Washington i
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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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