Blogs - Mad About Design, and Why Freelancers Should Stick to Their Word

I received an email from a publisher in Spain a while back: maomao publications.

They asked me if I wanted to feature this "Being a Starving Artist Sucks" blog in a sort of "who's who" of graphic design blogs called, "Blogs - Mad About Design".

Sure, I said - not really knowing what I was agreeing to...and not all that confident that the book would ever be published.

Months passed and I never got any word but a few days ago I saw on a tweet that the book did get published - my free copy came today.

I really was surprised:

• The book did get published
• They would honor their commitment and send me a complimentary copy for being featured in it

As I've gotten older in age and in my freelancing career I've become all too skeptical of people. I've run into too many folks that said they were going to do something and they didn't. They'll make excuse after excuse, but in the end it boils down to a lack of integrity (by the way for you new or aspiring designers, this is a MAJOR complaint clients have with freelancers).

Make sure you take care of your reputation and do what you say and say what you do...even if it means taking it on the chin a little bit. You might not see the immediate effect of not honoring your word, but it has a way of coming back and biting you in the butt. Okay, lecture's over, I guess I just wanted to thank maomao publications for coming through. 

By the way, it's actually a pretty darn good book (a lot fricken' bigger than I thought it would be too), there are some nice resources out there, and it's an honor to be placed among them - I am on page 90 if you pick the book up.

PS - I also wanted to thank webdesignerdepot.com for allowing me to share one of my articles over there. Walter's one of the good guys - not only does he have a great resource (be sure to bookmark or grab a feed) but he's got loads of integrity.

If you haven't checked the article out you can view it by clicking the screen to the left.

Comments

[r4 kartes]

Hi,

Nice article....where can i get that book , i think its really useful .....

[Jeremy Tuber]

Thanks for taking a moment and adding a comment r4 kartes, just google the publisher "mao mao publications" and you should be able to find it from there!