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#pointgirlforever
Guess what.
The person, or rather people, I need to acknowledge the most is you. YOU holding this book right now. That’s right . . . YOU! The reader who bought the first Point book and keep cruising down this wild road with me. YOU! The reader who asked for more, who demanded better, trickier, smarter stories. YOU! The reader who has brought me your well-worn copy of Bad or your pristine copy of Honor to sign. YOU! I owe you everything and thank you will never feel like enough. If you are here, you’re a reader after my own heart and I value you fiercely.
If you are a blogger or reviewer who has supported this series in any way, I am forever in your debt. Need a kidney, give me a call. Want a cute puppy to cuddle, I got you covered. Need someone murdered . . . well, I can write the guys who will get that done for you. Seriously, thank you for taking a chance when others looked the other way. Thank you for being brave enough to go against the grain. Thank you for championing a series so many blindly said ‘it’s just not for me.’
Gotta thank my mom for always telling me the Point books are my best writing. It’s nice to know I’m not alone in all my delusions of grandeur. Seriously, she is the best cheerleader a gal could ask for. I mean . . . she still points out when I suck . . . lol . . . but mostly it’s encouragement and inspiration to be a badass like her. Also, shout-out to my old man for all the car knowledge. He helped make Bax the badass we all know and love. He also really had a hand in the don’t-give- zero-fucks attitudes of all the men of the Point. That’s the kind of man who raised me, and those are the kind of men I tend to gravitate to in my fiction and my real life.
I want to stand on the highest mountain and scream about my girl gang. They are the shit. No, THE SHIT. I couldn’t get anything done without them. I’m basically a lump of clay they’ve managed to mold into a semi-professional author. Stacey, KP, and Mel, I couldn’t do a single thing in this business without you. Thank you for pushing me to be the best Jay I can be, and for holding me accountable when the worst Jay slips out and destroys everything. You ladies are my inspiration and my voice of reason.
A new addition to #teamjay is my bangin’ beta crew. I resisted having beta readers for a really long time, and now that I have a team of amazing, smart, savvy girls looking at my words objectively, I’m wondering why I was such an idiot and didn’t jump on this kind of clear-eyed, insightful feedback from the start. Pam, Tracey, Karla, Sarah, Meghan . . . and Mel, thanks for helping me be a better writer. Thank you for forcing me to tell better stories. Thank you for making writing under a really, really tight deadline fun.
I need to holler at my girls Cora Carmack and Rebecca Yarros. Both field really bizarro questions and let me brainstorm crazy ideas when it comes to the Point. They are endlessly patient and entirely supportive, no matter how many times I try and pull them off the rails with me. Love me, love my wacko plotlines. I have some of the best, most authentic people at my back in this business and that makes me a lucky girl.
I also have a team of very professional, insanely talented ladies who helped me put the final books of this series together.
Hang Le is a creative genius. Seriously she’s made of magic and gorgeous ideas, which birth nothing but stunning book covers. I feel so honored to have her work on my books.
I need to tell Sara Eirew thank you for taking such a beautiful photo. I saw it on Instagram and stopped dead in my tracks, because this image screamed Karsen and Booker.
Elaine York is a word wizard. She takes a story I think is great and makes it into something utterly amazing. When an editor just gets you, your quirks, ticks, hard limits, and mostly your strengths, that is something special. She is a delight to work with and I cannot say enough nice things about getting to work with her. I get giddy and excited like each new book we work on is the first.
Christine Borgford is a friend first, my formatter second. I adore her. And I love that I can message her with a vague idea of what I’m after and she knocks it out of the park. She deals with my spazzy, last-minute changes like a pro, and she makes sure my book’s guts are gorgeous. I love having her make my pages so pretty.
Bethany Salminen is smarter than I will ever be. She’s also more ruthless and savage, but you would never see it coming, because the girl is sneaky. She actually reminds me a little of Karsen! Lol . . . She’s hilarious and maniacal, and I am so, so lucky to get to call her my friend, as well as part of my professional team. I’ve worked with copy editors who have all levels of experience, from Big 5 publishers to indie editors. Beth blows them all out of the water. She gives good copy!
I would be remiss if I didn’t tell my initial editor for the series, Amanda Bergeron, thank you for first giving this series a shot when she was with HarperCollins. She dreamed big right alongside of me; she believed that I could do something magical with this series. Her faith in me gave me the courage to keep trying new things and to keep pushing on. Amanda was integral to me getting to where I am today, so I owe her the world and then some.
Finally . . . shout out to the ridiculously hot guy on the Harley I spotted in traffic one day who had a star inked on his face. You, sir, were a total babe and 100% the inspiration behind Bax. Thank you for being badass and proving boys who are bad are the best kind of boys. If I was ten years younger I may have climbed out of my car and stopped traffic to ask you for a date!
For those of you that are curious and have always wanted to know, the original ‘Better’ titles for the last 3 books in this series were, Better When He’s Bedeviled, Better When He’s Brilliant, and Better When He’s Beloved. The Publisher decided the ‘Better’ titles weren’t selling well and thought changing them to something shorter and edgier might breath life into the remaining books. Even though they didn’t buy the rights to the last two, it felt weird to veer off the Honor, Dignity, and Respect course that was already set in motion when I decided to self-pub the final two books. Plus the titles really ended up giving the books a definitive purpose and brought the Point full circle.
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Jay Crownover is the International and multiple New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Marked Men Series, The Saints of Denver Series, and The Point and Breaking Point Series. Her books can be found translated in many different languages all around the world. She is a tattooed, crazy haired Colorado native who lives at the base of the Rockies with her awesome dogs. This is where she can frequently be found enjoying a cold beer and Taco Tuesdays. Jay is a self-declared music snob and outspoken book lover who is always looking for her next adventure, between the pages and on the road.
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