vicki scott

@victoria-scott

trans and gay and enjoying it

she/her

I write about cars for a living and I take photographs to stay alive. Expect to see a lot of photography here.

sometimes I post nsfw images of my body. I tag them as adult content, but this is not a purely professional account - this is where I am myself.

my web site

www.vantimevictoria.com/

my twitter

twitter.com/mikurubaeahina

vicki scott @victoria-scott9/13/2022, 9:24 PM

I am going to be leaving my day job as a staff writer soon, because I have been suffering from almost day one with incredible stress and an inability to keep up with work well, and the news grind was finally slowly killing me. This was probably the best opportunity I will ever have in my life to write, and I am grateful for the chance and I'm honestly still glad I gave it an effort as hard as I did. I am still sad to do something (leave) that's probably healthy for me.

I wonder if this is the end of my writing career? I wonder if I'm actually capable of accomplishing anything of note in a world that demands 60-plus-hour weeks from any kind of creative job to pay rent. I feel weak for having said I couldn't do it because I really wanted to succeed, but I know also I couldn't do it. I'm mostly just... curious about what I'll do and what I'll accomplish. if anything.

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Rho @Rho9/14/2022, 3:41 AM

Oof, I feel that very hard as I'm struggling with a 40 hour week. Our whole social structure around income, work, and creativity seems like it's falling apart. I hope you land on something sustainable soon. hugs offered maybe not patreon, but if you end up on a platform like that please share

Cory W @coryw9/14/2022, 5:22 AM

my condolences, because I know how important being an auto writer is to you, and also congratulations, because you're making a change you know is important to you.

I don't have any advice or anything, just... it does sound like that was an unreasonable setup and I hope you can find something else that's as great and exciting while also allowing you more uh... work-life balance

good luck, let me know if you need anything! (as if you're going away from here, sorry I'm terrible at writing this kind of stuff)

Daisy @dsy9/14/2022, 5:39 AM

this world is a fucking ghoul!! I hope that you can find the rest you deserve, and also hope that you can find something good in the future when you feel ready. Your writing is wonderful, I'll follow wherever you end up! Good luck best wishes etc 🙏

vicki scott @victoria-scott9/15/2022, 3:22 PM

thank you so much. I'm excited for a break, and I hope I can keep writing somewhere, I really hope this isn't the end of my writing but I'll find out.

ela @eladnarra9/20/2022, 1:21 PM

I wanted to be a science writer for a while, but eventually I realized that the deadlines and the hustling required to make a living doing it would grind me to a pulp. (I can only work a hard maximum of 20 hours a week due to chronic illness/disability.)

I'm sorry you're having to leave, but I hope that curiosity leads you somewhere interesting. :)

vicki scott

@victoria-scott

trans and gay and enjoying it

it's officially winding down

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