I’ve been well and truly put in my place, how dare I try and extort a fee out of Lambeth libraries when I’m a nobody. Gosh, what is the world coming to when the likes of me are demanding to be paid for a service provided. YIKES. Get back under the stone from whence you crawled.

Dear

Sorry for not contacting you before, but I have been on annual leave and have only just returned. I am afraid we do not have any funds to pay you for events and as a result would not be able to go ahead. From the original email you sent to Tim and myself I was under the impression that you wanted to promote your book as a new author and as a goodwill gesture I offered you the opportunity to sell your books at the events.

Normally we will pay up to 200.00 for established authors so

I hoe we can use you in the future

Regards
Sandra

Hmmmmm, I guess the email says it all