No, our writing is all straight out of our warped and twisted minds. Besides, we both write better than any AI engine out there. Hell, when we use various tools for proofreading, we have to ignore probably half the suggestions because they are just wrong! Our covers are hand-drawn by our wonderful illustrator, Nadica Boshkovska, based on the information we send her.
You will note a number of images in the blog that ARE AI-generated. Neither of us is good with graphic design or drawing/painting, but we both find it helpful to have an image of what a character looks like. Stable Diffusion lets us put in a written description of a character and generates a visual image that we can tweak until it matches what’s in our head. We share those with you on the blog in case you’re like us and want to see the characters as well.
A ‘trigger event’ is a significant point in history where multiple outcomes are possible. Each outcome may have repercussions on the continued evolution of that universe. Future events may not happen at all, may happen sooner or later than they would have otherwise, or may take a different form or direction.
We know. That’s why we describe them as genre-crossing or multi-genre. They combine elements from fantasy, science fiction, alternative history, military fiction, and romance in a way we really haven’t seen anyone else do.
Mike wrote Chronicles of the Republic specifically as part of the ‘haremlit’ genre, although there are some aspects of the story that bend some of the rules of the genre. Chronicles of the Covenant and The Littleton Chronicles are not intended to be, not even trying to be, haremlit, so don’t get bent out of shape when they violate those rules.
Yes, all of the books are available as eBooks on Amazon. Chronicles of the Covenant and Chronicles of the Republic are available on Kindle Unlimited.
Succubus 1, the first volume in Chronicles of the Covenant, is available as an audiobook. None of the others are currently available in that format because it’s bloody expensive to create an audiobook, and we haven’t seen that much demand for them.