You are correct!I think I'm remembering this right, but didn't she, after an initial call out for people to write a pitch to appear in the book, send out a snippy message that the quality hadn't been anywhere near good enough, then a further one saying that actually it was very well paid for what shouldn't take very long? I'd love to know how many poor sods sent her stories that she didn't deem good enough in the first place, that's without the ones she thought could be used that will presumably never be recompensed. I'm very surprised we haven't picked up anything from anyone on social media about this.
Hey. @FlashBoof did all the beginning.Woohy is the real MVP for all mithering and screenshotting of this dickhead
I hope Unbound read this post.In order to solicit submissions for an anthology, you need to develop a clear brief outlining what you're looking for. So that anyone thinking about submitting a piece has guidelines that specify what style of writing, how many words, what topics and themes etc. It's no use just asking Twitter and then complaining that the responses aren't good enough.
Especially on a subject like poverty where you're asking people who are most likely not professional writers to detail their personal experiences.
If I were going to write about my personal experiences of poverty, it would be difficult and traumatic to bring it all up and try to shape it into some sort of coherent narrative. To then be told it wasn't up to scratch would likely compound that trauma.
So, I do think Unbound needs to take responsibility for not putting a proper editorial framework in place at the very beginning of this project, especially because they were asking for contributions from people already potentially vulnerable in all sorts of ways. And they should have checked out whether Louisa had any experience of working on such a publication and put in place proper editorial support at their end.
Louisa is a nasty piece of work. Hopefully, she'll retreat into ignominy and nobody will ever hear from her again.
Unbound should put their hands up and admit they handled this project badly from the start. And anyone who did submit an essay should be compensated for the full amount, whether or not it is published. That would amount to a "kill fee" that editors regularly pay and would mitigate some of the reputational damage this sorry saga has caused them.
I have no doubt that she'll pop up in another anonymous iteration on SM after a while and start repeating some of the submissions she was sent as her own experiences.I think I'm remembering this right, but didn't she, after an initial call out for people to write a pitch to appear in the book, send out a snippy message that the quality hadn't been anywhere near good enough, then a further one saying that actually it was very well paid for what shouldn't take very long? I'd love to know how many poor sods sent her stories that she didn't deem good enough in the first place, that's without the ones she thought could be used that will presumably never be recompensed. I'm very surprised we haven't picked up anything from anyone on social media about this.
I do wonder whether it was a lot of people or whether the one or two questions we’ve seen were it for people sending her stories and maybe they genuinely weren’t of the standard needed for an anthology.I think I'm remembering this right, but didn't she, after an initial call out for people to write a pitch to appear in the book, send out a snippy message that the quality hadn't been anywhere near good enough, then a further one saying that actually it was very well paid for what shouldn't take very long? I'd love to know how many poor sods sent her stories that she didn't deem good enough in the first place, that's without the ones she thought could be used that will presumably never be recompensed. I'm very surprised we haven't picked up anything from anyone on social media about this.
Yes, her email wouldn't refresh or wouldn't stop refreshing. Can't remember. Total bollocks.Remember when her laptop broke or she lost the password and everyone had to resubmit? That was textbook BS.
Maybe desperately hoping some new people would submit. I think I’m fully in on my new conspiracy theory that she didn’t have enough contributors and was too embarrassed to admit that she, RSM, the great saviour of the poors didn’t have the reach and influence she thought.Remember when her laptop broke or she lost the password and everyone had to resubmit? That was textbook BS.
There was definitely a specific ad aimed at writers of colour. The fee was reduced to £200 at that stage.
Bit dodge writers of colour get less isn't it?There was definitely a specific ad aimed at writers of colour. The fee was reduced to £200 at that stage.
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Odd that she showed no interest in experiences from the GRT community which she was so quick to exploit.
I think it was a general lowering of the fee (probably cos unbound had spent so much already editing the shite RSM had given them) rather than writers of colour getting less. They say they are particularly keen to hear from writers of colour which implies they want others too for the same £200 price.Bit dodge writers of colour get less isn't it?
I get that isn't RSMs decision probably.
I think you're right, but IMO it's not a good look to lower the price at the same time that you specify you'd like to hear from writers of colour. Especially given RSM's well documented racism.I think it was a general lowering of the fee (probably cos unbound had spent so much already editing the shite RSM had given them) rather than writers of colour getting less. They say they are particularly keen to hear from writers of colour which implies they want others too for the same £200 price.
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