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Bad News on the new novel
Oct 20, 2011
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An announcement to all: The publisher of my novels has decided to close the company. My third novel will not be out in January as expected. I shall have to look for a new venue. Anyone toying with the idea of buying Gothic Spring should do so right away as it will soon be ou
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Oct 20, 2011
A BIT OF GOSSIP ON REACTIVE DEVALUATION Anyone who reads my blog posts will probably be happy when I finish George Lakoff’s book, “The Political Mind.” I apologize for my compulsion to share its details on the human brain. Obviously, I’m fascinated. Yesterday, for example, I
Continue Reading →October 19, 2011
Oct 19, 2011
THE WAR AND PEACE OF LANGUAGE I’ve written more than once about George Lakoff’s book, “The Political Mind” and the scientific information it reveals about how we think. As I’ve explained elsewhere, he argues the two basic components of the brain are the pursuit of self-inte
Continue Reading →October 18, 2011
Oct 18, 2011
PAPER VITAMINS I subscribe to a magazine that gives a weekly summary of events with comments from right and left of the political spectrum. Just as I know a vitamin pill is no substitute for food, a digest magazine is no substitute for in-depth reading. Still it is a quick way to ge
Continue Reading →October 17, 2011
Oct 17, 2011
ODE TO EAGER HEARTS IN AN ELECTRONIC WORLD In Shakespeare’s tragic/comic play, “Merchant of Venice” there is a song which asks: “Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in
Continue Reading →PERSONAL NOTE TO EVERYONE AND HELLO AUSTRALIA
Oct 15, 2011
A few of you who have been following my blogs have asked about my new book, Trompe l’ Oeil. Thank you for your interest and yes, there has been a delay in the publication dates due to production problems. There will be an official announcement later but for those who asked,
Continue Reading →October 14, 2011
Oct 14, 2011
RIDING THE WAVE There are a great many changes going on in the publishing world and Keith Gessen’s article, “The Book on Publishing” in the October issue of “Vanity Fair” documents that change pretty well. Technology is making it possible for publishers to reach vast audien
Continue Reading →October 13, 2011
Oct 13, 2011
WHEN THE 1000 LB SHARK ISN’T SCARY A friend recently sent me an article from the “New York Times” concerning Amazon’s electronic bookstore. For those who pay no attention to such things, authors are ranked with the company based on the number of sales per day, per week
Continue Reading →October 12, 2011
Oct 12, 2011
MY GRIPES OF WRATH When I majored in philosophy as an undergraduate, I was introduced to the writings of Emanuel Kant. To this day, I remember his apparent glee as he wrote that his work would be unintelligible to most people, believing as he did, that he was too clever for the fool
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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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