R. Griffin: Seamless

My sister and I are so different, we wonder how our parents managed to raise us both. We have been rocking and rolling through this entire process this year. She is so instrumental in everything I do that’s book related, I panic when I can’t get in touch with her and want to make a decision. She’s done so much for me in the last year it would take three pages to give her the proper accolades. I hope she knows I appreciate her as much as I do…if not, thank you for everything, you rock!

Another person that was instrumental to Seamless was Emma Corcoran, she is my sister from another mister, on another continent. She lets me bounce ideas off her and will honestly tell me if I’m being a gobshite. I’ve come to value her opinion and friendship. She is one of my favorite BaT ladies. Michelle Caroll, another of my favorite BaT ladies, rocks my socks off with all her teasers. She’s amazing and I appreciate her tremendously. I’d be completely remiss if I didn’t mention the awesome group of ladies that I communicate with all the time, my BaT ladies. We have a closed group on Facebook and I’ve laughed so hard with these ladies. I can’t express my gratitude enough to the awesome ladies that inhabit that little corner of my world. Also, the cover was inspired by a pair of shoes that Shelly Jones entered into a contest that Stella would wear. Thank you so much! Jenny Cawthon thank you for having the final look at Seamless before it hit the formatter. Thanks to my other beta readers Jill Hester, Lindsay Helms, Dympna Nolan, Donna Sanderson, Jenn Donald and Kelli Gifford. Honorary BaT boy, my friend and author Robert Reeves, he is one of my favorite people on this planet and I appreciate his comments on Seamless. Honestly, I just like being around him because he’s awesome.

After I published By a Thread , I found Erin Roth. She was the yin to my yang. She is not just my editor, but a friend and a teammate. She makes my words better and I think that’s clear when reading Tension . She makes me better. She completes me. I cannot thank her enough for helping make Stella’s story what it is. When she told me that she cried when she read Seamless , I felt like maybe I had written the story I needed to. Thank you, Erin, for loving Stella, George, Patrick, Billy, Millie and Jesse as much as I do. I can’t wait to send you HIW.

In reality, only my friends and family would’ve read my books if it weren’t for a few blogs. My first review of By a Thread was from Mags at SMI Book Club. After Mags read the book and liked it I was so elated. We’re now friends and I value her opinion tremendously. Other blogs have been awesome as well and I want to thank them. Without you guys, no one would know Stella’s story or her band of misfit friends. So here you go, all the thanks in the world to Jennelyn from Naughty and Nice Book Blog, Amber from Up All Night Book Addict, Desiree and all the lovelies at A Love Affair with Books, Amanda from Globug and Hootie Need a Book, Ria from a Bookish Escape, Donna from The Romance Cover, Natalee from Read This Hear That, Sandie and Dee from Book Boyfriend Reviews, Grace and Yahaira from SMI Book Club, Dympna Nolan from Love, Words and Books, Jenn from The Geekery Book Review and, last, but certainly not least, Orchita from If The Book Fits blog. (If I left your name off here, I’m horrified, but know that I really appreciate whenever a blog takes the time to read and review my books). When people who read so many books actually like my book it blows my mind. Thanks again and I hope to meet every single one of you in person some day and thank you face to face.