Look Who's now a proper author (From Bucks Free Press)

Look Who's now a proper author

9:20am Friday 5th February 2010 in

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MANY of my contemporaries have been sending me copies of their autobiographies, some actually written by them and others, shall we say, ‘assisted’. I suppose it is now de rigeur for any self respecting actor who has achieved even a modicum of notoriety to write about their lives.

Indeed, I recently read one such by a contemporary of mine who has appeared in not one but two very high-profile series over the last few decades; and it was a very good read indeed. He had worked and played with many household names and film stars. The stories of his (failed) marriages were similarly revealing and his exes will either be picking up the phone to speak to their solicitors or keeping a low-profile in the event that the wonderful defence against libel ( ie truth) prevents them from doing anything else.

I have been approached, I admit, to write my own story. My reticence thus far has principally stemmed from the fact my life has been spectacularly uninteresting compared to those of my peers that I have thus far read. The very few diaries I have ever kept contain information along the lines of got up, had breakfast, took the dog out, watched Coronation Street – possibly not the kind of stuff that would ensure the book would disappear off the shelves faster than a premier league footballer’s reputation.

Add to that my disinclination to dish what little dirt there is in my distant and barely remembered youth and it may well be that, when written, any memoirs of mine would lie unpublished on my computer hard disk for ever.

However, I did succumb to the invitation of a young, up-and-coming publisher to make a book out of the articles that I have churning out weekly in this paper for nearly 15 years now. He had been reading them on line, and was kind enough to think a selection of them worthy of sharing with a wider audience than the population of South Bucks. So, I have yet another thing to add to that list of ‘things I never dreamed could ever happen to me when I was a child’ – I am a published author.

Should you wish to find out more and even, (dare I hope?) get your very own copy of ‘Look Who’s Talking’ – details are to be found at www.hirstbooks.com No pressure!