My last few posts have touched on how incredibly hard it is to be a creator these days, but there’s a part of it I haven’t talked about yet, and that’s the extra level of difficulty that exists for people who aren’t mentally or socially suited to the way a…
I was trying to get back to creating today, and as I reluctantly updated my Patreon, I was reminded of a major problem with the world of patronage and donations. That problem is the idea that you should lie to your potential fans and customers, and pretend to be successful,…
I don’t think most consumers realize what tiring, stressful, annoying work it is to be a creator. In this day and age, whether someone’s a writer, artist, performer, or any other kind of creator, they’re most likely stretched to their breaking point, doing half a dozen or more things that…
Patreon has become kind of a household name. If you’re on the internet at all, you’ve heard of it. It’s a platform that allows creators to get money from fans in the way of per-creation or monthly payments from fans. On the surface, it’s great. Patronage was a wonderful thing…