While I love writing when I start to do it, I find it incredibly hard to consistently write. I get started with something and then before I know it, it’s been a week and then I’m left feeling dispirited and disillusioned. So I’m hoping to change all that in the coming days, months, weeks, and years.
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Using the Stable Diffusion WebUi
Installing Stable Diffusion is one thing using the Stable Diffusion WebUI to create decent checkpoints, and understanding the different weights and measures, sampling sets, and prompts is where the real magic (and frustration) happen.
Stable Diffusion v2.0 and Prompts
Stability AI has released a free prompt book for Stable Diffusion 2.0, the latest version of the text-to-image model. The visual guide aims to accelerate user creativity through the use of natural language.
The book explains how to best write descriptions, including negative and multi-prompts.
Elmore Leonard’s “Ten Rules of Writing”
The late Elmore Leonard ( October 11, 1925 - August 20, 2013) once wrote a brief article where he laid out the ten commandments on writing, infused with his signature blend of humor, humility, and uncompromising discernment. It's good, a little heavy in some areas. He...
Advice from Stephen King
SpaceX and StarLink and numbers, Oh my! (Part 1)
I've been reading a lot on Twitter about StarLink the SpaceX project and a whole range of adverse reactions which tend to boil down to: LEO light pollution will affect astronomyIt will be too expensive (not profitable)It is unnecessary I freely admit I am no expert; I...