5th November 1997, I type out a letter to Ashgate with my blister ridden fingers as I struggle through my mandatory community service order chopping down Christmas trees at Ludshott Common, so the fat middle class people of Surrey can have a nice Christmas. No manuscript this time, just a letter outlining my manuscript and asking if they'd like to read the damn thing. I used the 'free postage' service offered by my oppressors, hence the letter. A single second class stamp per job application is their limit. I wasn't allowed to put this down as one of the five jobs a week minimum I was forced to apply for under threat of instant dismissal from the course leading to immediate suspension of all benefits (including housing and council tax benefit) and ultimately homelessness, as it's not a real job. But they did spare me a stamp and an envelope. I received the following response:-
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