Geoff Baker broke with the former Beatle in 2003 after a publicity stunt he organized went horrible awry. (He had tipped off reporters that McCartney would be visiting magician David Blaine as he hung over the Thames. Unfortunately, Baker hadn’t told McCartney that the press would be there, and the former Beatle flipped out when they started taking photos. A fracas ensued.)

After his 14 years with McCartney ended in a very public firing, Baker has been having trouble finding work, and is reduced to making paid appearances on talk shows and radio programs to pay his bills. But one thing he’ll never do? Pen a memoir about his ex-boss. Last Sunday he attended the Liverpool Beatle’s Convention, telling the BBC’s Spencer Leigh that he had been offered 150,000 pounds (about $240,000 CAD) to write a book about his years with McCartney. “I've been offered 150,000 pounds to do a tell all book on Paul but I've turned it down, and will continue to turn down offers like this,” he said.  

He does, however, have a novel in progress, titled “One Fan’s Tale”. It tells the story of a rock star from a fan’s perspective and draws on Baker’s decades of experience as a rock journalist and manager. But Baker is quick to point out that the story is not about McCartney, and has even gone so far as to make his fictional rock star secretly gay, so, you know, no scandal there.