Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
The Art Of Imperfection
Jun 01, 2012
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I sat down with my grilled cheese sandwich yesterday to read the winning essay from a women’s magazine contest. The woman wrote about her husband’s troubled return from Iraq. Certainly, her subject touched countless numbers of families and the opening paragraph was gripping. I e
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Technology To Dread
May 31, 2012
May 31, 2012 TECHNOLOGY TO DREAD “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Recovering from Identity Theft” by attorney Mari Frank is a far, far greater horror story than Mary Shelly’s “Frankenstein.” Given today’s technology crooks can invade your private records as easily as s
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Build A Better Mouse Trap
May 30, 2012
If I had another life, it might be fun to run a virtual book tour company, putting writers and readers together. The one I used to advertise my novel, “Gothic Spring,” could certainly use come a little competition. Here’s how I would start: To begin with, an organizer needs t
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Virtual Tours Cost Real Money
May 29, 2012
To help fellow writers decide on the efficacy of virtual books tours, I’ll share my recent experience. First, I considered three packagers and chose the one with the most polished presentation. Second, I contacted two of their previous clients. Both admitted the tours did little
Continue Reading →Important Information
May 27, 2012
A few who are following the blog overseas have asked how to purchase my novel Gothic Spring. Here is the link to buy directly from the publisher. https://kohopono.com/ And thank you so much for asking! Caroline
Continue Reading →MEMORIAL DAY
May 27, 2012
Taking the day to honor our heroes. Will be back on Tuesday. Topic: The art of the virtual tour.
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A Blogger’s Doubts
May 25, 2012
A BLOGGER’S DOUBTS A few friends, both virtual and real, have begun to write blogs recently. I’d like to imagine I inspired them, but I know the passion to communicate is part of the human DNA. The number of bloggers in the world is enough to make me shudder. I joined one site
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You Can Lead a Horse To Water But….
May 24, 2012
I’m forgoing my usual introspective thoughts today to offer a reminder. “Marie Eau-Claire” (Pts. 1 & 2) — currently free and available on line athttp://TheColoredLens.com — will soon disappear into the ether. I send this reminder because I can think of no greater wa
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Virtual Wars
May 23, 2012
Background Many of us know that the Internet began as an American project after WWII when our government needed a system that would allow message authentication between various parts of the military. Vint Cerf and his team together with the help of Robert Kahn, a computer scientist, p
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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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