Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
December 19, 2011
Dec 19, 2011
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STEVE JOBS AND I AND ONE IMPORTANT DEGREE OF SEPARATION Reed College, where I earned my undergraduate and one graduate degree, celebrated its 100 year anniversary this year. Reedies form a tight little community wherever they are in the world, believing their educational experience to
Continue Reading →Hi Caroline, the link to Gothic Spring doesn't work for me. Margaret
Dec 18, 2011
Margaret, the publisher went belly-up. I have just signed a new contract with a new publisher for a reprint version with a cover that does the book justice. I’m guessing it will take about 3 months for it to appear again. When it does, I’ll be making an announcement.
Continue Reading →December 16, 2011
Dec 16, 2011
SIMPLE PRONOUNS There are four pronouns in the English language that contain the most of the parameters of human behavior and potential: I, me; we, us. The first two are probably the single most influential drivers of character. “What’s in it for me” or “How do I fit in,” ar
Continue Reading →December 15, 2011
Dec 15, 2011
THE PERFECT HOLIDAY RECIPE As the December holidays are upon us, there are lots of ways to get into the spirit. One could read “A Christmas Carol” by Dickens, or “Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry or even the chapter, “Angel McBride and the Christmas Doll,” fro
Continue Reading →December 14, 2011
Dec 14, 2011
THE LITTLE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER The screen play for “You’ve Got Mail” by Nora and Delia Ephron was based on the stage play, “Parfumerie” by Miklos Laszlo. It is also an updated version of a 1940s film called “The Shop Around the Corner.” In the newer version, an indepe
Continue Reading →December 13, 2011
Dec 13, 2011
WHEN BAD PASSES FOR GOOD Currently, I’m plowing through a gossipy book entitled “F.I.A.S.C.O.” by Frank Partnoy. It provides lurid tales about how brokers market their wares, particularly the bad stocks. Inventing palatable names for high risk investments is key. The term emergi
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Dec 11, 2011
A WEALTH OF WORDS I am thoroughly disillusioned with my paperback version of the “Oxford American Dictionary.” The words I need defined are almost never listed. I have a large “Oxford English Dictionary,” but it’s too heavy to lug around. I need a paperback filled with words
Continue Reading →December 9, 2011
Dec 09, 2011
CAN NUNS BE WRONG? Shakespeare’s “Richard III” is one of my favorite plays. It offers a graphic depiction of a man riddled with envy. The same is true for another of the writer’s characters, Iago, who plots to bring down Othello rather than serve him. Like most of literature
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Dec 08, 2011
POTTS AND POTTS OF GOODIES Years ago a naturopath advised me to eat fewer wheat products and with the intention of following her advice, I purchased a cookbook entitled “Going Against the Grain” by Phyllis Potts, a writer whom I believe resides in Oregon. For a time I used the whe
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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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