{"id":150955,"date":"2022-12-07T17:24:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T17:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/atwood-king-support-writer-chelsea-banning-after-book-signing-no-shows\/"},"modified":"2022-12-07T17:24:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T17:24:04","slug":"atwood-king-support-writer-chelsea-banning-after-book-signing-no-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/atwood-king-support-writer-chelsea-banning-after-book-signing-no-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Atwood, King support writer Chelsea Banning after book signing no-shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-grBDNq hide-for-print mb-sm undefined\">\n<div class=\"PJLV PJLV-iAjpuP-css flex items-center\" config=\"[object Object]\" data-qa=\"article-actions\">\n<div class=\"wpds-c-fLphcs\">\n<div class=\"wpds-c-jmLDag wpds-c-jmLDag-bywHgD-variant-primary wpds-c-jmLDag-biynoz-density-compact wpds-c-jmLDag-hZSyid-isOutline-true wpds-c-jmLDag-ejCoEP-icon-left wpds-c-jmLDag-futxca-cv wpds-c-jmLDag-iknmtxO-css\"><button aria-label=\"Comment\" class=\"PJLV PJLV-iPnDcc-css\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" role=\"img\" class=\"wpds-c-kKAfCG wpds-c-efqEZa focus-highlight flex items-center justify-center brad-lg pointer transition-400 ease-in-out transition-colors\" aria-label=\"Comment on this story\"><title>Comment on this story<\/title><path d=\"M14 14V2H2v9.47h8.18L12.43 13ZM3 10.52V3h10v9.23l-2.5-1.66Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p>Comment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"teaser-content grid-center\">\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">Debut author Chelsea Banning was filled with excitement ahead of her first book signing over the weekend in Ashtabula, Ohio, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chelseabwrites\/status\/1599034624822296576\" target=\"_blank\">sharing exclamation-point-filled tweets<\/a> and memes of a cheering SpongeBob.<b> <\/b>But she was quickly crestfallen when a crowd failed to materialize, despite 37 people who responded online that they would attend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">\u201cOnly 2 people came to my author signing, so I was pretty bummed about it,\u201d she typed on Twitter.  \u201cKind of upset, honestly, and a little embarrassed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">The fantasy author didn&#8217;t feel down for too long, however, as superstar authors swiftly chimed in to share memories of their own book signings that had flopped \u2014 illustrating how it can be<b> <\/b>a long road to success and filling up rooms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">\u201cJoin the club,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MargaretAtwood\/status\/1599812088024924162\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a> \u201cThe Handmaid&#8217;s Tale\u201d author Margaret Atwood in response to Banning.  \u201cI did a signing to which Nobody came, except a guy who wanted to buy some Scotch tape and thought I was the help.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<div data-oembed-type=\"twitter\" class=\"\" style=\"min-height:171px\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Join the club.  I did a signing to which Nobody came, except a guy who wanted to buy some Scotch tape and thought I was the help.  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Margaret E. Atwood (@MargaretAtwood) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MargaretAtwood\/status\/1599812088024924162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">Best-selling horror author Stephen King also <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenKing\/status\/1599875398191714304\" target=\"_blank\">answered<\/a>: \u201cAt my first SALEM&#8217;S LOT signing, I had one customer.  A fat kid who said, &#8216;Hey bud, do you know where there&#8217;s some Nazi books?&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">Korean American author Min Jin Lee, who wrote \u201cPachinko,\u201d added that she had once attended a book reading where only \u201cmy husband&#8217;s cousin showed up.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<div data-oembed-type=\"twitter\" class=\"\" style=\"min-height:171px\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I did a book reading where only my husband&#8217;s cousin showed up.  one person  I&#8217;ll never forget that reading.  \u270a<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Min Jin Lee (@minjinlee11) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/minjinlee11\/status\/1599599120188026880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">Neil Gaiman <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neilhimself\/status\/1599776707392679936\" target=\"_blank\">shared<\/a> a memory of a signing in New York with fellow writer Terry Pratchett that \u201cnobody came to at all.  So you are two up on us,\u201d he joked.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">\u201cOne Day\u201d author David Nicholls added his memories: \u201cOoh, boy, too many to share.  The one where the bookshop staff kindly pretended to be customers so I wouldn&#8217;t feel too bad, that stays with me,\u201d he <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidNWriter\/status\/1599774520373829640\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">&#8220;My Sister&#8217;s Keeper&#8221; author Jodi Picoult <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jodipicoult\/status\/1599582446923567104\" target=\"_blank\">said <\/a>she had \u201csat lonely at a signing table many times only to have someone approach\u2026and ask me where the bathroom is.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p><span class=\"font--article-body font-copy hide-for-print ma-0 pb-md db italic interstitial\">What is &#8216;goblin mode,&#8217; anyway?  It&#8217;s Oxford&#8217;s 2022 word of the year.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">\u201cWe&#8217;ve been there,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/malorieblackman\/status\/1599743110644322304\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> British author Malorie Blackman, offering comfort.  \u201cI once did a talk at a library and five people turned up, including a mum who planted her two infant school children in front of me and then strategically &#8216;withdrew&#8217; to get some peace for a while.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<div data-oembed-type=\"twitter\" class=\"\" style=\"min-height:171px\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I have sat lonely at a signing table many times only to have someone approach\u2026and ask me where the bathroom is.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jodi Picoult (@jodipicoult) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jodipicoult\/status\/1599582446923567104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">Banning told The Washington Post that her reaction to the global literary support was \u201cpure shock,\u201d adding, \u201cI&#8217;m still trying to process everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">\u201cI love the writing community.  It is so supportive,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">Her debut novel, \u201cOf Crowns and Legends,\u201d the first of a trilogy, was published in August and is set in Camelot, following the fate of King Arthur&#8217;s children and the Knights of the Round Table amid a war.  It has some fight scenes and \u201clight gore,\u201d she tweeted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p><span class=\"font--article-body font-copy hide-for-print ma-0 pb-md db italic interstitial\">In Dunya Mikhail&#8217;s &#8216;The Bird Tattoo,&#8217; Iraqi women are sold as slaves<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">Banning began writing at age 15 and describes herself as a \u201cwriter, reader, performer, and lover of all things fantasy,\u201d according to her official website.  She works as a librarian in Ohio.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">\u201cI am working on book 2 and am hoping for a December 2023 release date!  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