Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
December 22, 2010
Dec 22, 2010
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THE LONELY CROWD As I write today’s blog, I am also working through some edits my publisher has requested for my third novel. I won’t reveal the title as I don’t officially have a contract, yet. We’ll have to see how the editing goes. To rewrite a book I thought I’d finished
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Dec 21, 2010
SEARCHING FOR THE MIND OF GOD Despite the hectic demands of the season, I’ve managed to finish the book I started, “Stephen Hawking: Quest for the Theory of Everything,” by Kitty Ferguson (Blog: 12/9/10). It is a biography of the cosmological scientist who caused a sensa
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Dec 20, 2010
THE PLUS IN MINUS Recently, I visited a friend who has just finished a round of chemotherapy. The tumors are arrested at the moment, but the slim victory came at a cost. He was thin. A hat pin would cast a larger shadow. He moved slowly, too, but proudly and without a cane though the
Continue Reading →December 17, 2010
Dec 17, 2010
A SHORT RANT ON FREE BOOKS A friend of mine who lives in Canada recently admitted she hadn’t recommend either of my books to her book club because the members aren’t book buyers. They prefer to borrow from the library. I’ve heard that logic before (Blog: July 13, 2010). When I
Continue Reading →December 16, 2010
Dec 16, 2010
WHEN ENOUGH IS ENOUGH Several days ago, I went with a friend to see the latest Harry Potter movie, Part 1 of “The Deathly Hollows.” I enjoyed myselfas I am a Harry Potter fan, but I always view these experiences with two minds. The books are long and detailed, so a movie i
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Dec 15, 2010
ANOTHER INCONVENIENT TRUTH Last night I watched the film “My Fair Lady” and went to bed humming “I could have danced all night, I could have danced all night…” As it turned out, I should have danced all night. It would have made more sense than to lie tossing and t
Continue Reading →December 14, 2010
Dec 14, 2010
ART AS A GAME OF WINNING AND LOOSING I’ve confessed many times that I tend to read magazines whenever I sit down to lunch. I like the fashion publications best because they are visual and don’t require much reading. Because I like fashion and consider it an art form, I ordered a D
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Dec 13, 2010
A MOST IMPORTANT GIFT I spent much of yesterday writing letters on behalf of prisoners of conscience and victims of war. I’m a member of Amnesty International and have been writing these letters for years. During the Christmas holidays, we are allowed to write directly to those bein
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Dec 10, 2010
THOUGHTS ON ORDER AND DISORDER I’ve been reading the professional critiques on the new Harry Potter movie, “Deathly Hollows,” based on the book by J. K. Rowling. Most of the comments are friendly. A few are not. One point they all make and agree upon is that a person dro
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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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