Dr Vikki Turbine
@drvikkiturbine.bsky.social
Left academia for Indie Author life. 🖊️ Non-fiction on Substack🖊️ Fiction as Vikki Jones.
👩💻Chronic illness; motherhood; class; memory; trauma. Qualitative & creative methods. Autoethnography & auto-fiction.
👩💻Chronic illness; motherhood; class; memory; trauma. Qualitative & creative methods. Autoethnography & auto-fiction.
Feeling the December busyness frustration with my writing goals again; but trying to give myself grace and keep on going. Another missed deadline is likely, but keeping going is the key, right?!
Chronically Ill, She Wrote (@vikkijonesauthor)
I wanted to have the proof copy of my book in my hands this month - this year - esp. after missing my own pre-order deadline. I don’t know if this is going to happen. I’m frustrated, but also acceptin...
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December 9, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Feeling the December busyness frustration with my writing goals again; but trying to give myself grace and keep on going. Another missed deadline is likely, but keeping going is the key, right?!
Currently rethinking what I actually need to write in my Substack - I want to write here as an exercise in therapeutic writing - so it needs to go much deeper than I initially thought. More soon - subscribe if this speaks to you.
Chronically Ill, She Wrote (@vikkijonesauthor)
Re-reading my introduction post and thinking how this is not actually what I need to write; it is still too superficial in a way. What I need to do is a deep dive into the ways that chronic illness re...
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December 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Currently rethinking what I actually need to write in my Substack - I want to write here as an exercise in therapeutic writing - so it needs to go much deeper than I initially thought. More soon - subscribe if this speaks to you.
Lost a week to added illness in the house - so I took a slow weekend to reset that involved knitting, television with my daughter, a jog, some pottering. Back at my desk today listening to CMAT Euro-Country. Late to the party, I know - but exactly the kind of writing I need to hear today
December 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Lost a week to added illness in the house - so I took a slow weekend to reset that involved knitting, television with my daughter, a jog, some pottering. Back at my desk today listening to CMAT Euro-Country. Late to the party, I know - but exactly the kind of writing I need to hear today
Slow Sunday with the smell of a roast chicken in the air and some journaling time with a pen and notebook - elite! Thinking about what I want to focus on as we roll into December in terms of my writing goals - and also how these all come together. Challenging, but exciting times ahead!
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Slow Sunday with the smell of a roast chicken in the air and some journaling time with a pen and notebook - elite! Thinking about what I want to focus on as we roll into December in terms of my writing goals - and also how these all come together. Challenging, but exciting times ahead!
Where I left off - when I left academia due to chronic illness and total burnout - thinking of picking the germ of the idea here again ... scispace.com/papers/first...
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Where I left off - when I left academia due to chronic illness and total burnout - thinking of picking the germ of the idea here again ... scispace.com/papers/first...
A day of Bluesky & I'm glad I gave it a go; it feels a little like Twitter of old - if you carefully curated your feed! It's been comforting to come back to content that is primarily the written word. I was worried adding another platform would feel overwhelming, but so far, so good.
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A day of Bluesky & I'm glad I gave it a go; it feels a little like Twitter of old - if you carefully curated your feed! It's been comforting to come back to content that is primarily the written word. I was worried adding another platform would feel overwhelming, but so far, so good.
I am also dipping back into Substack to write more about rebuilding a writing career in chronic illness - after academia - and as an indie author. Currently free - link here: chronicallyillshewrote.substack.com
Chronically's Substack | Chronically Ill, She Wrote | Substack
My personal Substack. Click to read Chronically's Substack, by Chronically Ill, She Wrote, a Substack publication. Launched a month ago.
chronicallyillshewrote.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I am also dipping back into Substack to write more about rebuilding a writing career in chronic illness - after academia - and as an indie author. Currently free - link here: chronicallyillshewrote.substack.com
Dipping my toe into Bluesky as a space for my non-fiction & scholarly writer identity. It's been a while since I wanted to write this way, but I have some ideas percolating. If autoethnography, auto-fiction, family history, class, feminist essays are your thing - hi!
November 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Dipping my toe into Bluesky as a space for my non-fiction & scholarly writer identity. It's been a while since I wanted to write this way, but I have some ideas percolating. If autoethnography, auto-fiction, family history, class, feminist essays are your thing - hi!