Women in Space

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If you’re still not convinced we’re living in clown world, take a look at today’s feminist milestone: the first all-female space crew from Bezos’ Blue Origin.

Space — the dream of millions — has now been graced by the six finest representatives the sisterhood could gather around:

  • Pop singer Katy Perry
  • CBS host Gayle King
  • Film producer Kerianne Flynn
  • And Bezos’ girlfriend, Lauren Sanchez

They also threw in two “scientists,” presumably because Hillary Clinton and Whoopi Goldberg were unavailable. Better luck next time, Whoopie.

As expected, there was no giant leap for mankind. No small step for (wo)man. Just a handful of TV personalities snapping selfies in tight dresses. By realizing that a woman can now get into space by giving Jeff Bezos a blowjob, you cannot but admit the patriarchal oppression women are facing every day in the Western world.

The whole spectacle felt like that old Simpsons episode where Homer is launched into space for PR reasons while the real astronauts do the actual work.

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Feminism has finally caught up to a 30-year-old cartoon. The feminists are cheering. Meanwhile, anyone with half a brain is left wondering: What absurdity will clown world do next?

What Should I Write About On My Blog?

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When I started this site, I wanted to be prepared for the day Medium bans me. That day came—much sooner than I expected.
What I wasn’t prepared for was Germany turning into a disaster of a country, where people get thrown in prison for criticizing politicians.

A lot of my blog writing used to be just me venting. Or poking fun at the absurdity of modern politics as it unfolds. Writing like that is mostly off the table now—I’d like to stay out of prison for as long as possible.

So, I had to think: What should I write about on this blog?

Writing

Since I want to take my fiction writing more seriously, I’ll definitely write about that:

  • My writing progress
  • What I learn about writing better fiction
  • Book marketing
  • Finding an audience
  • The publishing process
  • Using AI for editing and translations (and maybe audiobooks?)

AI

Another project I’m excited to explore is creating AI-generated comic books. I already gave it a shot a few months ago and made two short comics. The results were… okay. Not terrible, but nothing to brag about either.
AI is improving rapidly, and as it does, I’ll use it to create better comics. I’ll publish them here and share updates on how I made them and what I’ve learned.

At some point, I also want to experiment with using AI to create anime, shows, and movies. No one knows how long it’ll take until AI is powerful enough to let regular people with a laptop create decent-quality productions. But I’ll try to stay on track.

Social Media

I’ve had some success on YouTube—I am close to 10,000 subscribers now. Not a huge success, but it’s something. I’ve learned quite a bit over the years, and I’ll share that.

One of my lifetime goals was to get into vlogging (starting with moto vlogging). I’m not there yet, but when I am, expect some posts about it.

My success on other platforms? Non-existent.

Instagram? No clue what to post.

Twitter/X? Every time I think about using it more, I end up ranting about politics, which I’m trying to avoid these days. Also, Twitter is fun when you have an audience—otherwise, it feels like shouting into the void. I mostly use it to laugh at memes and stay informed on social/political issues nowadays. If I ever find an audience there, maybe I’ll post more actively.

Facebook? Don’t care.

Alt-tech platforms are interesting—especially for video content (e.g., Rumble). I might mirror my stuff there in the future.

Personal

Blogs are personal by nature. I enjoy reading “documentary blogs,” so writing one seems like a natural fit. But I do wonder: Do people still read these?

I once followed a blog by a guy who wanted to lose weight. He ended up writing about quitting to blog to become a baker. He was passionate and happy about it. It was oddly interesting to read—though I can’t really explain why.

What I can explain is that social media, Google, and now AI are pulling audiences away from such blogs. People either read books or tweets. Not much in between. The majority of content they’ll get from YouTube and TikTok in video form.

Still, I’ll write about personal things from time to time. I’ve got hobbies and interests that I want to explore more deeply. I’ve got things on my bucket list. Writing about them will push me to learn—so even if nobody reads it, that’s still a win.

Entertainment

I like George R. R. Martin. I don’t like that he’ll never finish Game of Thrones. But I still like him and his work.

Did you know he has a blog? He calls it Not a Blog, but it is a blog—name aside. Since I like him and I like reading blogs, I read his. He’s a huge football fan and writes about it, suprisingly.
Before social media, this was how people shared their thoughts, even about sports.

So yeah, writing about movies, shows, books, comics—and maybe sports—is definitely on the table. NBA playoffs are coming up. I follow both footballs (the American one and the real European one—I’ll never call that “soccer”). Sometimes I even watch F1 races and UFC.

I also stumble across interesting YouTube channels and non-fiction books. Why not share a link or two?

Thoughts

And finally, the part that always drags me back toward politics: thinking about life.

I grew up in a time when politics happened in the background while everyone was busy living their lives.
Those days are over. Now politics are everywhere. And it sucks.

I still want to share thoughts about life—things I wish I’d known earlier, mistakes I could have avoided, wins that could have come easier. When it gets political, I’ll try to keep it abstract.

For example: I’m a laissez-faire capitalist with a strong libertarian leaning. I believe all forms of socialism eventually lead to communism. And I don’t want to live in communism. It brings starvation, death, and misery.

I can still write these lines in Germany without getting arrested. But I can’t write about specific socialists—because they’re part of the ruling class now. These fine folks have already made it a crime to “insult people of public interest” to protect themselves from critique, satire, or being questioned.
You put crazy people in charge, you get crazy times to live in.

What Do You Want to Know?

I’ll also use this blog to connect with you. Comments are open. I’ll delete spam, nasty stuff, and trolls. But if there’s a serious question or comment—go for it. I’d love to hear from you.

I Try To Become A Real Author Now

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Until now, writing has been just a hobby for me. I wrote stories for fun, often discarding them as soon as they were finished. However, I did self-publish two books—mostly to understand how the process works. The first was a Western, 4 Bullets, and the second, a dystopian sci-fi novel, World War 4 (apparently, I have a thing for the number 4 in my titles).

I don’t have many readers – or buyers. In total, I’ve sold fewer than 100 copies of both books combined.

Without a platform, a friend with influence, a big marketing budget, or a major publisher backing you, being an author also means being the CEO of your own marketing efforts. Unfortunately, marketing is not my cup of tea.

Another thing that’s not mine: Editing.

Writing itself comes easily to me. I sit down and write 1,000 words a day, which adds up to over 365,000 words a year. Since a typical novel is around 60,000 words, I could easily write six books a year. Every year. But editing? That’s a different story.

The last book I published took me years to edit. Another completed novel—intended to launch a lifelong series—was finished in late 2023, yet here I am in 2025, still stuck in the editing phase.

Editing is exhausting. I comb through my text endlessly, always feeling like I need to go over it again. And no matter how often I went over it, I still find new typos in the next round of going over it again.

But here’s the good news: AI is changing the game.

This month, I experimented with feeding my novel—page by page—into ChatGPT for editing advice. The results were surprisingly good. While AI isn’t perfect and makes its own mistakes, it corrects many of mine. And fixing AI’s errors somehow feels easier than fixing my own.

This experience made me realize that not only can I improve the quality of my work, but I can also increase my publishing speed. Releasing six books a year no longer seems impossible. If AI continues to evolve, who knows? Maybe I’ll even manage to publish a book a month for the entire year.

Most importantly, this process has rekindled my passion for writing. It has also reignited my ambition to turn this from a hobby into something more.

Up until now, I wrote for fun and published out of curiosity. I never seriously considered making writing a business. Now, I do.

There’s a lot to learn, a lot of work ahead—but also a lot of excitement. Here’s what I’m focusing on:

  • Crafting better storylines
  • Creating more memorable characters
  • Improving writing flow and style
  • Editing more efficiently
  • Translating my German stories into English faster
  • Designing better book covers
  • Writing compelling blurbs
  • Learning about marketing and self-promotion
  • Building a readership and online presence
  • Growing my social media reach
  • Exploring AI-generated audiobooks
  • … and much more.

I plan to document my progress—successes and setbacks alike—right here on this website.

My next book is set to release this summer, marking the beginning of my journey toward becoming a real author. Let’s see if I can reach the finish line.

How To Make Comics With AI (Midjourney 2025)

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If you haven’t seen my last posts about making comics with AI, here are the links:

I previously stated that I would say that I was able to get 20-25% done of what I wanted to create by using Midjourney. Not enough to create comics that I would actually try to sell but it’s a start.

Here is a rundown of the techniques I’ve used to create at least these 20-25%:

1) Look for a big name in comics – I used Scott Snyder as his comics are known for a specific style. I would describe it as a mature and detailed style which I was looking for. Whatever name you use, make sure Midjourney knows it, by running ten different image generations as a test (e.g., Man driving a car, [artist name] | woman running in the streets, [artist name] | fighter jet over New York skyline, [artist name]…)

The artist’s name is the keyword to define your general style. It should be part of all of your prompts.

Add to all prompts: Scott Snyder

2) Add a color palette – I added a color scheme to further ensure that my images get a consistent style. In The Last Superhero Part 1 I used “black and blue colors”, in The Last Superhero Part 2 I used “black and green colors”. I always added the color keyword after the artist prompt.

Add to all prompts: Scott Snyder, black and blue colors

3) Use universal environments – I defined an environment that allowed for small differences in style. If you go too detailed in your prompt, you’ll get too many differences for each image generation. But if you go universal from the start, you can get away with differences in environmental detail.

For example, I used “streets of New York” a lot in the first comic. This worked, as the character walked through the streets. Differences of shops, cars, and pedestrians are easily explained by the protagonist moving through the scenery.

In the second part, I used “office” and “car repair shop”. This didn’t work as well, but still worked better than trying to generate a specific office or shop like “oval office in the white house” or “car repair shop with a Bugatti and wooden walls” as it gave me lots of different perspectives that I could use to get away with the differences of detail.

Add to all prompts: streets of New York, Scott Snyder, black and blue colors

4) Add weather and/or daytime – I added “rainy day” in part 1. It always gave me rain drops in the scenery which added to the overall feel of a consistent style. In part 2, I always used “at night” which also helped.

Add to all prompts: streets of New York, rainy day, Scott Snyder, black and blue colors

5) Use character references – First I let Midjourney design a character that I reuploaded to use as a character reference. This made the protagonist of the story have the same look at around 90% of its details.

6) Forget about moodboards – Moodboards didn’t help me at all. Artist name and color scheme had a much higher impact.

7) Adjust aspect ratio – If something doesn’t turn out well, rerun the prompt, but adjust the –ar parameter. The aspect ratio has a big impact on the results.

8) Forget about other parameters – I didn’t mess around with other parameters, like –s or –c, they didn’t add much to the freedom of adjustments anyway.

9) Prompt order – The order of your keywords in the prompt has an impact on the results. Try to keep the same order for colors, artist name, daytime, etc. throughout your project.

10) Shorten prompts – When you make your prompts too long, the words at the end of your prompt will be ignored by Midjourney. So keep the prompts short to not lose the keywords for the overall style at the end.

11) Stay with one character per image – Currently, Midjourney is very bad at generating images of characters interacting. Whenever I tried to have more than one consistent character in an image, Midjourney mixed actions and characteristics of the two characters, creating weird results. For now, describe what one character does per image only.

12) Character reference can also be a problem – The character reference can also limit your freedom for this character. In part 2, I used a character with sunglasses. He was supposed to take them off in the last scenes to fire laser beams from his eyes. As the sunglasses were part of the character reference, I couldn’t get Midjourney to have the character take the glasses off anymore. Keep that in mind, when you design your stories.

13) You have to know a little bit of Photoshop – I tried to limit using Photoshop to have a good representation of what Midjourney can do on its own, but for some images, I used generative fill and photo filters to add details, adjust the aspect ratio, and change the color mix.

14) Forget about hard action – Midjourney doesn’t allow certain words to be used in prompts which makes R-rated scenes almost impossible to generate. Write your scenes accordingly.

15) Generate text with another program – Midjourney is advertised as an AI model that can generate text, but it’s such a hit and miss that using Photoshop was simply quicker and easier for me. So, don’t rely on Midjourney to give you good text results.

To Conclude

Still lots of issues but it is possible to get somewhat of a start at making comics now. Just check my results under the links above and decide for yourself if it’s already worth it for you to get into AI comics with Midjourney.

I am going to test the next model now and compare it to Midjourney afterwards. See you then.

The Problems Of Making Comics With AI (Midjourney 2025)

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After creating two short story comics with Midjourney, I wanted to write a little review about the current limitations of this specific AI program. Overall, I would estimate Midjourney to be capable of doing around 25% of what I want to do with it. And the remaining 75% aren’t achievable by simply “getting better” at using Midjourney. It takes improvements of the AI program to increase the results.

By the way, you can read my two AI short comics here:

The Main Issues of Making AI Comics with Midjourney

Character consistency – Using character references is a step in the right direction. This feature was introduced not long ago. But the reference will always be used in the specific angle of your reference image.

Future Midjourney versions should be able to understand a character reference as a simple character design. Currently, they will interpret it as a complete design reference, which means that if used, Midjourney will always give you the same angle, facial expression, features, and details of the character reference.

Trying to use different poses, actions, angles, details, or just clothing for the same character is almost impossible with the current feature, as it will always use pose, action, angle, and clothing of the reference.

Environment consistency – An even bigger issue is the lack of options to determine a set environment. An office, a car, a bar, a shop – it will all look different in detail with every new image generation no matter how specific you prompt it.

I tried to get around it by having lots of scenes play in an open environment while the main character is moving. This explains different buildings, streets, and other details. But whenever I wanted to create a dozen images to be set in the same setting (e.g., an office) the details were so far off that it is tough to make the reader believe that the scene is taking place in the same setting.

Having more than one character in the same image – Another big issue is that Midjourney has massive problems with characters interacting in the same image.

“Man running away from woman” will be almost impossible to control, as Midjourney still has issues using character references for more than one character at a time. Try to have two characters fighting or hugging each other and it completely falls apart.

Community Guidelines – I understand that you don’t want your AI model to be trained on certain imagery (e.g., adult content). But lots of important words and actions for storytelling are blacklisted in Midjourney.

Most stories simply need bad guys doing bad things. How can you visualize these characters if “bad” words are banned for prompting?

Action scenes – I had problems with the most basic action scenes due to a combination of having the necessary words banned from being used in prompts and the need to have two characters interact.

The simple prompt of “Young thief shooting old man with a gun” was already too much for Midjourney to result in useful image generations. Trying to have a complex Kung Fu style fight between two superheroes seems to be impossible for years to come.

To Conclude

As I said, 25% is doable currently.

But without doing heavy editing in Photoshop, the results will not be on the level of professional graphic novels. I’ll come back to Midjourney next year and report on improvements.