What Noir Can Teach Any Writer
Please welcome author Ruth Knafo Setton to Writer Unboxed today! Ruth is the author of two novels, The Road to Fez, and her latest, Zigzag Girl, “[a] mystery that understands how easily a performance can become a crime—and how dangerous it is to confuse the two.” (Kirkus Reviews)
From Ruth’s bio:…
https://writerunboxed.com/2026/04/04/what-noir-can-teach-any-writer/
Getting Down to Business
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https://writerunboxed.com/2026/04/03/getting-down-to-business-32/
A Lesson in Perseverance from Walt Disney
Recently, I had the opportunity to visit the Disney Family Museum located in the beautiful Presidio in San Francisco. Being a Disney fan, I heard about the museum, started by one of Disney’s daughters, Diane Disney, and decided to check it out. While I wandered through the museum, I learned about the family’s humble Irish immigrant beginnings and his time as a WW1 soldier. It was Walt Disney’s struggles as an artist that really interested me though, and what his story of perseverance means to other artists.
https://writerunboxed.com/2026/03/27/a-lesson-in-perseverance-from-walt-disney/
Of Pens and Swords
In January 2011, a series of pro-democracy protests and demonstrations across North Africa and the Middle East succeeded in deposing multiple rulers. This constellation of events became known as the Arab Spring, and it ushered in, at least briefly, hope for a new era of change.
When I returned to Egypt afterward, the physical landscape of Cairo had changed. At Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the revolution, the gutted-out shell of a hotel testified to the violence that marked the revolution. Giant new walls surrounded the national museum. Narrow avenues of entry and guard posts slowed access to tourist sites. During my daily drives through Cairo I also saw something that never existed during the Mubarak era: graffiti.
https://writerunboxed.com/2026/03/26/of-pens-and-swords/
#Inspirations #REALWORLD #Writinglife #powerofwords #thepenandthesword
⬆️ >> #AI got the blame for #Iran school bombing…
Excellent example of how a #languageModel is NOT the same as #worldModel or #realTime #realWorld data.
The #Maven system that #Palantir embedded into the #US military infrastructure relies on BOTH #LLM and #realTime #realWorld data, but it cannot prevent catastrophes when there is a failure in either or both of them.
In this case, it was #staleData at the very least— possibly a faulty/imprecise language model as well.
Writing Retreats: What Showing Up Builds
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https://writerunboxed.com/2026/03/25/writing-retreats-what-showing-up-builds/
New Perspectives at 14,000 Feet (and Falling Fast)
The photo above is real.
Yep, that’s me, having just leapt from a perfectly good airplane 14,000 feet over Whitewright, Texas on January 15 th , 2026. My thought at that moment: “Well, I’m out.”
That’s it.
No prayer for a working parachute.
No refrain of ‘I’m going to die.’
No screamed profanity. Or screaming at all.
After 52 years of being stuck in constant narration mode, the only thing my brain had to say about plunging toward the ground at 120mph was a simple acknowledgment that I had left the plane.
Neurodivergence is weird.
https://writerunboxed.com/2026/03/23/new-perspectives-at-14000-feet-and-falling-fast/
Amid Iran war, gap between market oil prices and consumer costs widens
Three weeks into the Iran war, there’s an ever-growing gap between the price of oil futures and supplies…
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