Many ideas that he discussed in his letters to Lovecraft were repeated in his fiction and the discussion with a fellow professional writer was useful to him .
Howard was both influenced by and an influence on his friend H. P Lovecraft .
Many ideas that Howard discussed in Howard 's letters H. P Lovecraft Lovecraft were repeated in his fiction and the discussion with a fellow professional writer was useful to him .
Howard was both influenced by and an influence on his friend H. P Lovecraft .