Author-ized L.J.Even at my most secure, it’s never really safe for me to write. I didn’t realize that until recently. . . . [I]n a country without much of a safety net, you are dependent on what you and yours can accumulate. Any energy diverted to something other than accumulation is a risk. If you lose your job—or get hurt . . . —what you have accumulated has to last until your next opportunity, if there is one.
The energy others put into securing career advancement I devoted to #writing. . . . I have no idea how much money I would need to accumulate before I could believe writing was safe for me. I wish it could be, because I’m not sure I can stop doing it. But maybe it’ll always be a risk.
— Bertrand Cooper, ISpyForGood from The Profession That Does Not Exist https://archive.is/KXp28#forum-piece-ispyforgood