How to trick yourself into moving forward as a creator

Thinking on the mental tricks creators use to keep going in the face of self-doubt, fleeting attention, and constant audience churn.

Hi,

This year at a Loscon panel, somebody asked how we can avoid being the internet scapegoat of the day. As a white-het-cis-man there is almost no chance that I will be that person, and I know that, but the crux of my answer was:

1. You are probably too small and insignificant for the internet to care about you.

2. Even if you weren’t, there are only 365 days …