Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Brave New World..For Some Old Fashioned Publishers
May 07, 2012
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A friend recently recommended a publisher she thought might be interested in my upcoming novel, “Trompe l’Oeil.” I’ve already signed a contract but out of curiosity, I reviewed the guidelines. The first sentence produced a belly laugh: “Every proposa
Continue Reading →Monday’s Blog
May 06, 2012
Monday’s blog looks at old fashioned publishers and asks, “Why bother?”
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The Secret Room of Invention
May 04, 2012
I’m about to launch a virtual tour for my book, “Gothic Spring.” I’m not exactly sure what a virtual tour is except book reviewers ask questions of an author and record the response on their blog site. It’s a chance to let readers know the book is in print and to peak thei
Continue Reading →When I grow to old to dream I’ll still have Bill to remember
May 03, 2012
The April edition of the “AARP Bulletin” featured the journalist Bill Moyers. He and I are contemporaries but it always seems to me that I’ve been following his career since I was in diapers. He’s a fixture in the landscape of America. When he retired a year ago from his w
Continue Reading →MARIE EAU-CLAIRE
May 02, 2012
MARIE EAU-CLAIRE is now in print and is free. The first installment can be found on: http://TheColoredLens.com. The second installment will appear on May 15th. Please, if you enjoy the story, share the link with your friends and on your social network, like Facebook, Google
Continue Reading →Finding The Right Word
May 01, 2012
Schadenfreude is a German word that means: to take joy from another’s adversity. Unlike jealousy which is a dark emotion reserved for those who make us feel small, shadenfreude speaks to the delight we feel when justice falls on the mighty who are corrupt or arrogant. Two examples
Continue Reading →April 30, 2012
Apr 30, 2012
NO LAUGHING MATTER One of the most important magazines a person is asked to read also among the dullest. I’m speaking of the voters’ pamphlet. I found one stuffed into my mailbox recently and frankly, I’d rather read the advertisements on my packet of toilet paper than sort thro
Continue Reading →Some Sunday Announcements
Apr 29, 2012
Two wonderful things happened this past week. I signed my book contract with the publisher for my 3rd novel, Trompe l’Oeil (to fool the eye). It will be out in October of this year. The second great piece of news is that my novelette, “Marie Eau-Claire” was sold and is due
Continue Reading →Monday’s question
Apr 29, 2012
When was the last time you curled up with the voter’s manual? My confession on Monday’s blog.
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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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