Credit

One of the things you rely upon as a freelance creative (in whatever field) is credit for the work you have done. Without it, whatever you put on your website or on your CV will be undermined and could lead any interested parties to believe that you are exaggerating at best or lying at worst.

Imagine my annoyance when, not once but twice recently, my writing and design work on Broken Sword – The Sleeping Dragon was overlooked/downplayed in such a way that it would seem I didn’t make the contribution I did and that it was all down to one or two others in the team.

A single occurrence I might have seen as an oversight or a badly worded phrase, but when it happens again in a small period of time I can’t help but feel that there’s a trend developing. Maybe I’m paranoid…