Scott’s Miscellany — Miscellany: Definition 1 – a plural : separate writings collected in one volume b : a collection of writings on various subjects. 2: a mixture of various things. Synonyms: anthology, assortment, collection, diversity, farrago, gallimaufry, hotchpotch, jumble, medley, mélange, mixed bag, mixture, omnium-gatherum, potpourri, salmagundi, variety Blog Don’t expect just discussions of the writing life, though they may happen. As will other things.

If you spend enough time at literary festivals, you come to fear and loathe the ‘goody bag’ - a delightfully marketed sling-bag full of books you never want to read and don’t quite know what to do with. Until it isn’t that: the goody bag at Harrogate last weekend contained a small ‘taster’ booklet that […]

When I’m not writing or dreaming, I’m dog training, which is one of those fields where there is an infinite amount to learn - the peeling of an onion that keeps growing from the inside. I’ve spent a lot of time over the past 20 years trying to find someone who stands at the leading […]