angiespotoMar 154 minQ+A with Author Joma WestIn Joma West's Face, Margaret Atwood meets Kazuo Ishiguro in this sci-fi domestic drama that reimagines race and class.
angiespotoMar 153 minWhat I’ve Been Writing: Scottish Fairy Tales, the Gothic, and Creepy Funfairs by the SeaSince finishing The Grief Nurse, I’ve been focusing on my new work in progress, tentatively called The Bone Diver.
angiespotoMar 153 minNew Year, New Task Management SystemTask management as a concept probably seems like it has absolutely no business anywhere near anything creative. For me, though, how I manage
angiespotoMar 102 minPublishing Opportunities for Fantasy & Folklore WritersA list of online and in print literary anthologies and presses that are dedicated to publishing fantasy, horror, folk tales, and speculative
angiespotoMar 102 minJoyful & Hopeful Books to Start the New YearHere is a list of joyful and hopeful books for the spring. None of them shy away from challenging or emotional themes, but you can slip into
angiespotoDec 29, 20212 minDefining the Seaside GothicWe can take the gothic and move it outside onto the shore, where it feels quite at home.
angiespotoDec 29, 20212 minMy Upcoming Publications & AwardsA few new literary homes for my writing to round out 2021.
angiespotoDec 29, 20212 minPublishing Opportunities for Fantasy & Folklore WritersA list of literary anthologies & presses dedicated to fantasy, horror, and folk tales.
angiespotoDec 29, 20211 minThe Portobello Public Pencil Sharpening ProjectThe mysterious sighting of a pencil sharpener in Portobello.
angiespotoDec 29, 20212 minBeachcombing in Portobello, EdinburghOne of my favourite things to do along Edinburgh's seashore is to look for treasures.
angiespotoDec 29, 20211 minDecember Book ListThese are the books that have inspired my autumn and winter
angiespotoSep 24, 20212 minWriting in the MarginsMy thoughts on writing while working full-time and being a parent.
angiespotoSep 24, 20212 minThe History of Portobello PotteriesThese are the pottery kilns, the last remains of the Portobello Potteries and the only remaining pottery kilns in Scotland.
angiespotoSep 24, 20212 minSeptember Book ListThese are the books that have inspired my year. If you’re a fan of fantasy, folklore, and history with a magical edge, you might enjoy a goo
angiespotoSep 17, 20212 minPublishing Opportunities for Fantasy & Folklore WritersPublishing Opportunities for Fantasy & Folklore Writers
angiespotoDec 20, 20183 minBooks of Mine (& Books I’m In)2018 was an eventful year. I had a baby, learned to code, started the third draft of my novel, got a gig as a web designer, became Artist...
angiespotoAug 12, 20171 minMy Words are WanderingMy poem ‘After Betty Davis’ (which has been doing its rounds; first published in From Glasgow to Saturn then Transatlantic Literary Woman...
angiespotoJan 23, 20172 minKeep PanickingAmerica has a new president, and I keep writing out it. Not in a direct way, but in the way that I’ve pretty much always written about my...