Finish First: Sometimes the Best Advice Is the Simplest

A few weeks ago, I was listening to a great new podcast, Little Pod , by Olivia Muenter (of Bad on Paper fame). The show follows the emotional rollercoaster of Olivia’s most recent book launch—something many authors can relate to.
During the third episode, “What’s Success, Anyway?” Olivia asks New York Times bestselling author Catherine Newman if there are any habits or mindsets that have contributed to her success.
Catherine laughs before answering. She says she works really hard and has written a lot. Then she recalls a scientific study she once read about musicians. Researchers had studied people who were writing music, and the conclusion was surprisingly simple:
The longer people spent writing music, the more music they wrote.
https://writerunboxed.com/2026/03/18/finish-first-sometimes-the-best-advice-is-the-simplest/

#CRAFT #Inspirations #REALWORLD

From Bodysnatchers to the Borg and Beyond

Given the association of misfortune with this day, Friday the 13 th , I guess you could attribute it to the (bad) luck of the draw that, for the second month in a row, it’s my day up. And this time I don’t have he mitigating influence of Valentine’s Day to soften the blow.
When I was growing up in Columbus, Ohio, there was a Friday night TV show called Chiller Theater that featured horror and sci-fi flicks from just before midnight on. Friday the 13 th was usually an occasion for especially spooky fare, and yet some of the scariest movies we watched in those years were the science fiction offerings from the 1950s, when both the threat of nuclear annihilation and the Red Menace were at their peak.
https://writerunboxed.com/2026/03/13/from-bodysnatchers-to-the-borg-and-beyond/

#ArtificialIntelligence #REALWORLD #Writinglife #AdrianVermeule #AI

Lightwheel (@LightwheelAI)

‘Three Computer’ 문제 해결을 다루며 Physical AI를 제시하는 글입니다. 실제 환경에서 작동하는 지능형 시스템을 구축하려면 고충실도 시뮬레이션, 대규모 모델 학습, 저지연(실시간) 워크로드라는 세 가지 서로 다른 워크로드를 연결해야 한다고 설명하며, 이를 통해 물리적 세계에서의 AI 구현이 근본적 전환을 맞이한다고 주장합니다.

https://x.com/LightwheelAI/status/2032228291298672749

#physicalai #simulation #robotics #realworld

I thought headaches were work stress - the reality still haunts me now'

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/thought-headaches-were-work-stress-36852196

My Brain is Not My Friend Right Now: the Challenges of Working with a Quirky Brain

I was in tears. Again.
I was tired of tears. I was pretty sure my husband was, too.
The problem is, tears are pretty standard for me, as an autistic woman (not for every autistic woman, but definitely for me). Masking; walking in a world that is usually overstimulating in multiple ways, just by virtue of being the world ; trying to communicate “normally” and read between lines I can hardly see sometimes…it all makes for a perpetual feeling of being lost/left out/left behind/left alone to handle what I’m handling.
That’s only a tiny piece of being a writer with a “quirky” brain.
https://writerunboxed.com/2026/03/11/my-brain-is-not-my-friend-right-now-the-challenges-of-working-with-a-quirky-brain/

#REALWORLD #Writinglife #adviceforwriters #neurodivergentwriter #neurodiversity

Reality…But Better: Never Let Facts Get in the Way of Fiction

The holidays before these last holidays, my wife and I, our kids, and my in-laws went to Ecuador to cruise around the Galapagos Islands. As wonderful as that sounds, full disclosure, I had some doubts. The Galapagos Islands are far away, vacationing there is insanely expensive, and I personally have a long, sorted history of getting violently ill at sea. My wife, though, really wanted to go, so, well…off we went. I can’t tell you how happy I am that we did. For two reasons.
https://writerunboxed.com/2026/03/10/realitybut-better-never-let-facts-get-in-the-way-of-fiction/

#Inspirations #REALWORLD #inspiration #MatthewNorman #writinglife

Readings for Writers: Miguel Delibes and George Saunders

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https://writerunboxed.com/2026/03/09/readings-for-writers-miguel-delibes-and-george-saunders/

#REALWORLD

RE: https://chaos.social/@kubikpixel/111971245012606074

We were born in the year 1984 because today (2026), the age of 42 is the answer - welcome to the new real SciFi world.

📚 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four

#scifi #1984GeorgeOrwell #realworld #1984istoday #today #live #answer #math #histmath #fourtytwo #thgttg