Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 47b - Interview with Amy Hoff

Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 162 (previously 47b) - Interview with Amy Hoff

(Originally aired 2020/06/13 - listen here)

Transcript pending.

Show Notes

A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women.

In this episode we talk about:

• Time machines and Scottish highland warriors
• Why a Scottish historian and folklorist created a trope-salad
• Digging into some of the less commonly used parts of Scottish history
• The othering of Scottish culture and how romantic myths erased their actual history
• How being a drifter on the American highway led to a love of road folklore which led to monsters
• How Brexit drove Amy to the Canary Islands by way of the Cannes Film Festival
• Tenerife: the sum of all the places Amy has loved
• Amy’s monster movies
• Why Amy used a cross-time frame in My Heart’s in the Highlands
• How looking at queer people in history can give hope for modern struggles
• Sources of Norse and Irish history that inspired Amy’s writing
• Books mentioned
  • My Heart’s in the Highlands by Amy Hoff
  • American Drifter: An Essay Memoir of Life on the American Road (memoir) by Amy Hoff
  • The Mother Road (Route 66 book 1) by Amy Hoff
  • Caledonia (series) by and featuring Amy Hoff
  • Burns Night (film) by Amy Hoff (Robert Burns as a vampire!)

Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online

• Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
• Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
• RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
• Twitter: @LesbianMotif
• Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
• The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon

Links to Heather Online

• Website: http://alpennia.com
• Email: Heather Rose Jones
• Twitter: @heatherosejones
• Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)

Links to Amy Hoff Online

• Tumblr: Angel on the Road
• Website: OfficialAmyHoff.com
• Twitter: @amylhoff
• Facebook: Official Amy Hoff