“Repair Shop” Your Manuscript
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https://writerunboxed.com/2026/01/06/what-restoring-heirlooms-can-teach-us-about-writing/
#REALWORLD
Comparing AI agents to cybersecurity professionals in real-world pen testing
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.09882
#HackerNews #AIagents #cybersecurity #penTesting #realWorld #comparison
Becoming a New Writer in the New Year
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https://writerunboxed.com/2026/01/05/becoming-a-new-writer-in-the-new-year/
#Inspirations #Lamentations #provocations #REALWORLD #newwriter
Getting Down to Business
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https://writerunboxed.com/2026/01/02/getting-down-to-business-29/
Get involved in your community. #realworld #midterms2026
Wouldn't it be great if there were live face-to-face social media organizations or events? By neighborhood or region, so that people could meet in person? I think it could be enormously popular!
Kicking the Blahs Out of Your Novel
How Your Favorite Books Teach ‘Gotta Know’…
https://writerunboxed.com/2026/01/01/kicking-the-blahs-out-of-your-novel/
Das ist ja komisch... die trennen ihre Toiletten nach Geschlechtern. Komisches Konzept.
#realworld #39c3 blues
Vier Tage #39c3 Kongress mit den nettesten Leuten, die man sich vorstellen kann.
30 Minuten später im Edeka von Gertrude mit dem Einkaufswagen umgeboxt werden #realworld
Stop chasing follows all day and night for 20 years on twitter and Bluesky. GetOverYourself GetInvolved in your community. #RealWorld #GetOverYourself #GetInvolved
Rust unit testing: basic HTTP testing
Real-world application testing - Beginning with Axum
🦀 https://jorgeortiz.dev/posts/rust_unit_testing_basic_http_srvr/
#rust #rustlang #axum #http #testing #dev #web #realworld #beginner #srv #learnrust #beginnerfriendly #webdev #apptesting
MiniMax M2.1: Built for Real-World Complex Tasks, Multi-Language Programming
https://www.minimaxi.com/news/minimax-m21
#HackerNews #MiniMax #M2.1 #MultiLanguage #Programming #RealWorld #Tasks #TechNews
Skating Into 2026: Happy Holidays, Writer Unboxed Community!
Writer Unboxed will be taking its annual holiday break through the rest of this year, but we’ll be back on January 1st!
https://writerunboxed.com/2025/12/22/skating-into-2026-happy-holidays-writer-unboxed-community/
My Final Post
Yes, I’m stepping down as a contributor to Writer Unboxed. When I told Therese about my decision, she urged me to share my reasons and reflections with all of you. I agreed—not realizing that this would be the hardest writing task I’ve ever undertaken.
https://writerunboxed.com/2025/12/17/my-final-post/
Writing the Dark and the Light and A Year of Reflection
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https://writerunboxed.com/2025/12/15/writing-the-dark-and-the-light-and-a-year-of-reflections/
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https://writerunboxed.com/2025/12/14/dive-deep-and-take-your-fiction-writing-to-the-next-level-with-an-odyssey-online-class/
The Unfortunate Reality
Unfortunately, my life today is not the life I would have pictured a year ago. I still do not know significantly more people than I did at around this time last year, for instance. However, other portions of my reality have been better fulfilled, including, but not limited to, my drive and desire to learn for--and work toward--a better future for myself, my culture, my society, and my community. I have often felt like I missed--or were otherwise blocked from--numerous social opportunities, […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2025/12/13/the-unfortunate-reality/
A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt
I have a great belief in spiritual force, but I think we have to realize that spiritual force alone has to have material force with it so long as we live in a material world. The two together make a strong combination.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) First Lady of the US (1933-45), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1940-05-17), “My Day”
More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/80…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #wordsanddeeds #force #power #realworld #spirit #spirituality
Successful Author Events 101
I’ve just scrolled through the calendar app on my phone, tallying up the author events I’ve done since August of 2024 to now, December of 2025.
82!
https://writerunboxed.com/2025/12/09/successful-author-events-101/
RIP, Porter Anderson
I’m so sorry to share news that longtime Writer Unboxed contributor Porter Anderson has died.
https://writerunboxed.com/2025/12/08/rip-porter-anderson/
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