Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Designer's Pledge

I stand with Annie.

Friends, some of you may have noticed that over time, appearances of my new designs have dwindled. Something happened to my designing life last year: four years of selling all rights to my designs caught up with me and I couldn't bear it anymore. At first I wondered if I should stop designing altogether (horrors!). I actually tried that, but found out that I couldn't stop designing; I just stopped submitting proposals to print publishers.

Annie's pledge* is an easy one for me to make because I naturally made this pledge with myself in 2008, just so that I could enjoy designing again. I have so many fun new options for sharing my designs with you, so watch this blog!

*"Today I pledge that henceforth, I will only sign contracts that allow me the freedom of determining what happens to my intellectual property after the initial publication." Annie Modesitt's post is excellent reading for designers and their friends.

3 comments:

  1. Vashti - freeing and wonderful! I got goosebumps.
    Love
    Ananda

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  2. Great pledge ~ Design on Girl!!!
    I'm looking forward to seeing what new things you come up with!
    Danette

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  3. Anonymous2:46 PM

    Glad to see you taking this pledge--I stand with you. Fwiw, Interweave only buys first rights as far as I know--I would submit to them if I ever got around to writing things down...!

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