Yesterday we talked through the idea of not shooting messengers who bring you bad news.
I kid you not, as I was preparing to post that one on LinkedIn, and I saw a message from the Managing Editor at PragProg, who published the book this publication is named after. She said she liked the Batman article from a few days ago but wondered if I had meant to have “devleopment” in the title rather than “development.”
🤦
Guess how much I wanted to hear that news? Trick question! I was genuinely grateful for the news! She didn’t cause the typo. Getting sloppy writing the email after doing taxes that night is what caused the typo. She gave me the chance to do something about it.
It’s doubly fun hearing this from the Managing Editor at your publisher! If I write a proposal for a second book, I’ll make sure to let them know that I type English words real good.
Anyway, I thanked her for the note and let her know I’d fix it*.
Am I always this on the ball when I get bad news? No, far from it. I’m grateful to have not made a poor choice in this instance. Getting mad wasn’t going to go back in time and correct the mistake.
Even if it had, it still wouldn’t be worth it.
* - It’s fixed on the website, but LinkedIn didn’t provide a way to change it in the link preview. Which stunk. I was proud of that one.
