Archive for February, 2023

The House in the Swamp

Posted by llt in Books on February 22, 2023

As I’ve mentioned in various places, I’ve taken some of the research for the Parata books to an extreme, using real locations and actual Lovecraftian lore wherever I could. As an example, here’s an excerpt of a house Rev investigates as he hunts for the Jar of Nephren-Ka. Below the excerpt, you’ll find the floorplan for […]

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Wait, that’s real?

Posted by llt in Books, Q and A, Science on February 11, 2023

One of the things I’ve been asked a few times about Desolation is if the ‘tricks’ Will used to solve the problems in the book are real. My answer is always ‘Yes!’ One of the things I like most is when I’m reading a novel and learning actual facts at the same time. It’s the only reason I read […]

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Rev Parata – Concept Art

Posted by llt in Books on February 1, 2023

So, I’ve been trying for many months now to create concept art for Rev, the protagonist of my new novel series, using AI tools. I’m really just doing this as an excuse to learn the tools, since the legality of AI art on book covers is a bit nebulous.  If you are unfamiliar with AI art, basically, you feed the program a […]

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