Never a Dull Moment by Ann Evans
Me in an army helicopter Like lots of authors, I sometimes get asked to give talks on what I do, so I've put together a talk which I call The Perils and Pitfalls of Being a Writer. As the name suggests its full of little stories and anecdotes of the fun, adventures and misadventures you can get up to when you're a writer. In my case it's mainly when I'm out and about doing magazine articles. Because I write about anything and everything, the topics range from antiques to animals and from collectors to celebrities - and all things in between. Quite a lot of the stories revolve around writing for Dogs Monthly, such as interviewing the couple with a nine stone puppy which didn't just chew my pencil as I sat taking notes, it devoured my entire hand. “Excuse me but you dog is eating my hand!” isn't a phrase I often come out with. Off out with the Thames Police Then there was the time we went out with the Thames Police on their launch w...