Developing Character
Blogger, writer, and photographer Holly Callen Berardi shares some of the techniques she used to invent a back story for a character in a novel she is currently working on. I’ve heard it said that the key to any…
On Working for Potomac Review
By: Karolina Gajdeczka When I first got involved with the Potomac Review, I was in my last year of college, and working as editor-in-chief of my university’s student-run literary magazine as well. Despite the extra work, I took on…
Three Lefts Make a Write—A Cross-Genre Exercise
By: Tim Moraca We are proud to announce that previous Potomac Review intern Tim Moraca now serves as the first Vice President to the newly established St. Mary’s Chapter of the Maryland Writers’ Association. Those of us who like to…
Speed-Dating The Writers At Conversations And Connections
Each year, the Barrelhouse gang and several other local journals and presses, including ourselves, get together and create the Conversations and Connections: Practical Advice on Writing Conference in DC. Every year, writers have a chance to get in line for…
Accolades for Susi Wyss and The Civilized World
Volunteer Andrea interviews Susi Wyss, winner of the Peace Corps’ 2011 Maria Thomas Award for Fiction. Volunteer Andrea: How did you find out that you won the Maria Thomas Award for Fiction? Susi Wyss: I was contacted by John Coyne,…
Writing is a Team Effort (From the Duo That Won the 2012 Potomac Review Poetry Contest)
Volunteer Karolina interviews Bill Lantry and Kate Fitzpatrick about how their award-winning writing and publishing partnership works. Karolina: You and your wife work as a team: you write, she submits your work. How has this partnership affected your writing? Bill…
Interview with Delia Sherman, Author of The Freedom Maze
Volunteer Andrea interviews Delia Sherman, author of numerous books including, most recently, The Freedom Maze. Andrea: Your main character, Sophie Martineau, is a young girl whose life is in flux. Did you start the writing process with the idea of…