Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
September 17, 2010
Sep 17, 2010
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SHUCKING OYSTERS On Tuesday, I went to my first book club gathering. 14 women were in attendance, all of them clutching copies of Heart Land. The moment I came through the door, one of the attendees approached me. “I laughed. I cried. I loved the book,” she said. Well, what writer
Continue Reading →September 16, 2010
Sep 16, 2010
PUTTING TRUST IN PICASSO I came back from my book tour to discover a hydrangea in my garden had given me a single puff ball blossom. It had been transplanted in my garden by a friend nearly 4 years ago and till now, had never bloomed. At last, I’ve discovered what it looks like: a w
Continue Reading →September 15, 2010
Sep 15, 2010
IF EINSTEIN HAD BEEN A HOPI A dear friend of mine has had a stroke. It’s not the first time for him and each event has left its mark. This stroke created a disconnect between what he wants to say and what he sometimes does say. The prognosis is good for his recovery but he’ll need
Continue Reading →September 14, 2010
Sep 14, 2010
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Today marks my 100th blog posting to the web community. What I really want to celebrate, however, are my readers, a silent bunch but loyal. Last month, I had 143 visitors to this site and 70% were repeat readers with new people trickling in all the time. I don’t kn
Continue Reading →September 13, 2010
Sep 13, 2010
A WRITER’S SEARCH FOR AN AUDIENCE A week before the Round Up, the sleepy, small community of Pendleton looks like an ideal place to retire. The downtown has undergone a considerable upgrade which gives it a western atmosphere. Even the cement paving has been designed to look like a
Continue Reading →September 9, 2010
Sep 08, 2010
A FINAL RANT ON STEIG LARSSON Last week a friend alerted me to an article from the New York Times Sunday Book Review (9/14/2010) about Stieg Larsson, author of the trilogy that began with The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. She’d read my rant about the first book. The rest of the trilo
Continue Reading →NEWTON AND THE LAW OF BOOK SELLING – September 8, 2010
Sep 08, 2010
Tomorrow I leave for the second leg of my book tour to promote my two novels, Heart Land and Gothic Spring. I enjoyed the last trip. (Blog 6/21/10) I didn’t sell many books but I met interesting people, including some delightful librarians, and saw some beautiful country.
Continue Reading →SOMETIMES THE ENEMY IS US – September 7 2010
Sep 07, 2010
I’m allergic to plumbing and all things mechanical. Even the simplest task of replacing the filter on my water purifier can be daunting. Last week, the light on the filter started to blink red, a sign it needed to be changed. I’ve done it a few times, but on this occ
Continue Reading →HAPPY BIRTHDAY VIRGOS- September 6, 2010
Sep 06, 2010
Labor Day marks the beginning of school, the theatre and ballet season and end-of-year inventories. It’s the month I came into the world and it’s the one month I read the horoscopes. I put no faith in them, but I read them anyway. I’ve seen lots and lots of books wri
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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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