Just got a review on Amazon for Dangerous Relations: \u00a0Griffin's Law that called the book a poor copy of \"Fifty Shades of Grey.\" \u00a0 It noted that the main character's name is even Grey.<\/p>\n
First, if Griffin's copied \"Fifty Shades of Grey\" then my E.S.P. was really working overtime when I wrote the book. Griffin's was published BEFORE Fifty Shades..... \u00a0So if I copied Ms. James work before she published it then -- DAMN, I\"M GOOD. \u00a0Hey, maybe Miss James book was a poor copy of Griffin's? \u00a0(Just kidding, of course. \u00a0It's a ridiculous claim - all the way around.)<\/p>\n
Anyone who reads this blog knows that Griffin's is my TRIBUTE TO GREY'S ANATOMY. \u00a0It \u00a0doesn't copy the characters or the settings and is sort of like Grey's Anatomy in a Law School - so it has some \"Paper Chase\" thrown in as well. \u00a0The book is intended to have the spirit and the ambiance of Grey's Anatomy.<\/p>\n
And yes, you guessed it, \u00a0the main character of Griffin's -- GREY Griffin -- is named \"Grey\" as a tribute to the show. \u00a0Mind you, I love me some Fifty and Christian rocks -- but, \u00a0like my book, \u00a0the TV show existed long before EL James (Erika Leonard) blessed the world with her great story.<\/p>\n
I'm sorry that particular reader didn't like Griffin's. \u00a0My work is - as I've often said - a love it or hate it thing and it wasn't to that reader's taste. \u00a0She has a right to her opinion ---- but the part about me copying \"Fifty Shades\" is just flat out wrong.<\/p>\n
Yeah, I could've responded to the review on Amazon, but I feel that reviews are a reader's right and are not the proper place for an author to intervene. \u00a0When I first published, I'd once in the bluest of moons try to explain something or make a helpful comment, but I only did that once or twice - a long time ago. \u00a0I appreciate reviews. \u00a0I adore my readers - even when they don't love me back - but I had to protest the charge of \"copying.\"<\/p>\n
I didn't even copy Grey's Anatomy in Griffin's. \u00a0It's not much of a tribute if it's just a copy now, is it? \u00a0Griffin's is MY SPIN on Grey's Anatomy so yeah - it's a lot like me: \u00a0different, very, very, different.<\/p>\n
But hey, on the bright side, if people think Griffin's is like \"Fifty Shades\" - that can't be a totally bad thing...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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