Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Money Will Buy Everything, Almost
Feb 21, 2013
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I’m sure I could assert “there is a book written for every topic under the sun,” without fear of contradiction. Why not? There are as many books written as there are people on the planet. Even so, the range of subjects can surprise me. Browsing through my latest copy of Town&a
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Too Big to Fail or Too Big a Subsidy?
Feb 20, 2013
In a recent interview, a high ranking official in the Justice Department conceded that “some financial institutions are too large and too complex to be held accountable before the law.” (Reprint of Simon Johnson article, Bloomberg.com in, The Week, 2/15/13 pg. 34) The source claim
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Memorial to the Last of the Bricks and Mortar Bookstores
Feb 19, 2013
Talk to owners of small bookstores about business and the reply is usually tentative. They are grateful to have a business but uncertain about the future. So far the stores in my neighborhood are hanging on, particularly if they sell used books as well as new, I try to support these e
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Feb 18, 2013
I’ve received a couple of advertisements recently for screenwriting classes. The classes must be popular because I occasionally run into an acquaintance who’s taken one and tells me his classmates gave him rave reviews for his script. I always offer a pat on the back to these budd
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Democracy is Messy
Feb 15, 2013
In 1961, I was in Tanganyika (now Tanzania) when the country gained its independence from Britain. During one of the celebrations, I was seated at a table in Dar es Salaam among a number of dignitaries, one of them an elected official from Nigeria. He was a pleasant man and we talked
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Free Isn’t Always A Good Price
Feb 14, 2013
I joined a social media group for writers a while ago and was welcomed by a member who introduced himself as Dave. He invited me to take advantage of his media outreach service, emphasizing it was free. Knowing that many such services charge from hundreds to thousands of dollars, I wa
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A Writer has to Read
Feb 13, 2013
During a recent radio show on which I appeared, the interviewer asked if I thought a person could be a writer if he or she wasn’t a reader. I didn’t have to think. I immediately said “no.” Afterwards, I wondered why I’d been so definite. Theoretically, it is possible for som
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OMG — What it means to be human
Feb 12, 2013
A friend sent me a list of English words the are spelled the same but have different meanings. They are examples of usage that often trip up foreigners. Here are three examples: I did not object to the object. The insurance was invalid for the invalid They were too close to the door
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Something Old is New Again
Feb 11, 2013
Margaret Atwood, 73, is writing a novel, Positron, online, making the story up before everyone’s eyes and asking for feedback. When she gets it, she tilts the story according to the responses. She says it’s a little like improvisation in print. People will write and say, ‘We lov
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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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