Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Thoughts of Pecan Pie and World Peace
Dec 12, 2012
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Walter Russell Mead is a serious scholar who writes serious essays. I’ve enjoyed his scribblings over the years and was delighted to find his reviews for two new books in a recent issue of Foreign Affairs: Peace, They Say by Jay Nordlinger and The Global Right Wing and the Clash of
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The Coming Feminine Face of War
Dec 11, 2012
Megan MacKenzie makes a strong case for allowing women to perform full combat roles in the military and calls the current set of regulations discriminatory. (“Let Women Fight” by Megan H. MacKenzie, Foreign Affairs, 11/12/12 pg. 32-42) She adds that women already perform full mili
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The Golden Mean of Writing
Dec 10, 2012
I just finished another of my Dollar Store book finds. This one was Wheel of Darkness by New York Times bestselling authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. I’ve read two others of their works, also Dollar Store finds, Reliquary and Relic. I enjoyed all three of these action packe
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Aging Without Getting Old
Dec 07, 2012
Recently, I called my local automobile association because the battery in my car was dead. I’d called twice before in November. This third time the operator asked for my date of birth. Immediately a red flag went up in my mind. My age was going to be held against me and I resented i
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Criminal Minds
Dec 06, 2012
Coming as no surprise to Socrates, who banished artists from his utopian Republic, Dan Ariely of Duke University probes the nature of the dishonest mind his is new book, The (Honest) Truth about Dishonesty and finds such a mind is rich in creativity. Creativity provides the flexibilit
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Send in the Patrons
Dec 05, 2012
Having my novels in the public library is a mixed blessing, as I’ve mentioned before. I’m glad for the potential audience but the loss of sales is also a consideration. Publishers face the same dilemma, and the advent of eBooks poses a new twist. Traditional books wear out and nee
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Thoughts on Hate Speech
Dec 04, 2012
A recently released book, The Harm in Hate Speech by Jeremy Waldron, argues that our current laws which permit hate speech focus on legal principles rather than the effect of such speech on people who find their dignity under assault. Waldron points to European countries where hate sp
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Main Stream Publishing Houses at a Cross-roads
Dec 03, 2012
The 6 mainstream presses in the United States are about to be reduced to 5. Random House and Penguin have decided to merge in an effort to combat the growing power of Internet retailers, primarily Amazon. The presumption is that two large houses combined will emerge more competitive t
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Anti-Intellectualism — It’s Blowin’ in the Wind
Nov 30, 2012
I mentioned in an earlier blog that Physicians Concerned for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) has become alarmed over the increasing hostility toward science in the United States. Katherine Stewart, the author of the book, Good News Club agrees and warns that innocent sounding programs lik
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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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