Volunteer Holly blogs about cauterizing life’s wounds with writing. I recently saw the movie The Words with Dennis Quad, Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana and Olivia Wilde. It is the kind of movie that makes you stare at the end credits…
Potomac Review Poetry Editor, Robert Giron, blogs about what he looks for in poetry submissions. I suppose when one asks me what is that I'm looking for in poetry for the Potomac Review, I might sound like other editors in…
Issue 51 contributor Johanna Droubay blogs about rhythm. A week after my daughter, Della, was born, my parents flew in from Utah with a gift: loose pages of a book, a poem that my mom had written and that friends…
Nonfiction Editor, Zachary Benavidez, blogs about why he keeps a journal. This summer I started doing something I haven't done since college: I started journaling again. In grad school, our writing professors encouraged us to keep notebooks in our pockets…
Issue 51 contributor Meghan Dombrink-Green blogs about the importance of a good writing environment. There’s this great—and somewhat bizarre—feeling I get when I get into my writing. I’ll be sitting at my computer, slogging my way through what needs to…
Issue 51 contributor Bill Brown writes about staying amazed with the world. Keep the child inside, honor words that emerge from silence, never stop being amazed at the natural world. With so much cynicism in the world today, one thing…
Volunteer Holly muses over changes in scenery. Years ago, I found myself sitting on the edge of a cliff looking out over the Pacific Ocean for the first time. The view stretched on, vast and limitless. Humbled by the experience,…
Issue 51 contributor Linda Morefield blogs about those pesky little twirls. My daughter’s boyfriend, a policy analyst, asked me to explain commas to him. Someone senior to him at work had been critical of his use of those pesky little…
Guest blogger Carrie Callaghan writes about choosing what to read. The Library of Congress holds over 34.5 million books and printed materials nestled along some 838 miles of shelving – that’s just a little less than a road trip from…
Guest blogger Natasha Guadalupe writes about the importance of first sentences and how to craft them. The thin black line at the top of your computer screen silently blinks, nudging you to write, a sentence, a word, something—anything! That cursor,…