No one showed up at a new author’s book signing. Then she got messages of support from Margaret Atwood and Stephen King.

Finest-selling authors rallied round a brand new novelist after she shared that she was “upset and embarrassed” on the low turnout to certainly one of her ebook signings.

On Sunday, writer Chelsea Banning tweeted her frustration at solely two folks exhibiting as much as the signing for her debut fantasy novel “Of Crowns and Legends” after a number of dozen folks RSVP’d to the occasion. 

“Solely 2 folks got here to my writer signing yesterday, so I used to be fairly bummed about it. Particularly as 37 folks responded “going” to the occasion. Form of upset, truthfully, and slightly embarrassed,” she tweeted. 

The tweet garnered responses from a number of the world’s greatest authors who supplied her ethical assist by sharing related tales from early of their careers. 

“The Handmaids Story” writer Margaret Atwood was one of many first to chime in, sharing a time she was confused for being a retailer employee at certainly one of her signings. 

“Be a part of the membership. I did a signing to which No person got here, besides a man who needed to purchase some Scotch tape and thought I used to be the assistance. :),” she tweeted. 

English writer Neil Gaiman additionally responded to Banning, tweeting a couple of signing the place not even one particular person confirmed up. 

“Terry Pratchett and I did a signing in Manhattan for Good Omens that no person got here to in any respect. So you’re two up on us,” he tweeted. 

Even writer Stephen King shared an identical expertise, recounting a time when only one attention-grabbing buyer confirmed up. 

“At my first SALEM’S LOT signing, I had one buyer. A fats child who stated, “Hey bud, have you learnt the place there’s some Nazi books?” he tweeted. 

Since her now-viral tweet, Banning stated that she has bought almost 500 digital copies of her ebook, the primary in a trilogy in regards to the kids of King Arthur. 

“Reporting 474 digital copies of my ebook bought to this point within the final couple days. YOU ARE ALL SO AMAZING THANK YOU SO MUCH,” she tweeted on Tuesday.