Wasn't that addressed in the "Things Stephen King will Not do thread?"Can he come to my house and sign my books? Please, pretty please? I'll serve tea and cheesecake. Yes, Marsha, I said CHEESECAKE!!!!!!!!!
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Wasn't that addressed in the "Things Stephen King will Not do thread?"Can he come to my house and sign my books? Please, pretty please? I'll serve tea and cheesecake. Yes, Marsha, I said CHEESECAKE!!!!!!!!!
SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Wasn't that addressed in the "Things Stephen King will Not do thread?"
Holy crap! I used to drive through Havelock all the time on Hwy 7 - nifty! (I lived in Belleville Ontario when I was posted to Trenton). My parents lived in Orillia! Nice little town, I must sayA book signing in Havelock, Ontario Canada. POP 1300
If this isn't on Mr King's bucket list it should be.
There's a used bookstore and I'll throw in lunch.
I was born and raised in TO. But I've seemingly migrated further and further east over the years. And I know that's the first time I've heard the words Holy crap and nifty used in relation to Havelock.Holy crap! I used to drive through Havelock all the time on Hwy 7 - nifty! (I lived in Belleville Ontario when I was posted to Trenton). My parents lived in Orillia! Nice little town, I must say
I was born and raised in TO. But I've seemingly migrated further and further east over the years. And I know that's the first time I've heard the words Holy crap and nifty used in relation to Havelock.
Sorry Ms. Mod. I may have started something, but I just got carried away.
You'd be surprised at how little some of the towns along the number 7 have changed. The populations have remained static for decades. It's almost as if they are still just way-stations.I used to drive by and wonder about that town - the way it seems to be all laid out along a railway track - of course this was back in the 80s and I am sure it has grown substantially since then.
I was born and raised in TO myself but then after being in the military and spending the first 10 years in Ontario at various bases the had to go and post us out West in Edmonton - quite a culture shock, it was
Maybe there was way too much publicity over in Europe in Paris and Germany (although he enjoyed visiting the America base!) so I guess old school feels better nowAwesome about the signing. He looked like he was having fun. He went old school, which is cool! ha!
[/QUOTE]He should come to Tillsonburg, Ontario!! They just renovated the Library here, it's a nice little community! When I read his books it always reminds me of growing up in my little town! Even the creepiness haha and like Stomping Tom said "Tillsonburg, my back still aches when I hear that word!"
Interesting thread about book signings. A few thoughts:
There is one other option for the signings not mentioned in the original post (King won't like this one): do like Howard Stern did when he did his first book signing and simply try to accommodate everyone. I'll have to look up old articles, but I believe he actually stayed for hours and signed thousands of books (I think it was said no one could really talk to him and he started to just initial stuff at some point).
Has Stephen King ever written a story about a book signing? I myself would like to write a story not so much about a book signing, but about waiting in line for a video-game console, except it wouldn't be a video-game console, it would be something sinister, perhaps never explained. Then again, that probably has already been done.
These days, I'm not really into meeting celebrities and getting autographs, the whole celebrity thing is starting to get a bit overrated (the real person I would love to celebrate someday is the person who comes up with cures for major diseases). That being said, I have always enjoyed and treasured the responses I got from Mr. King before he got really famous.
The one exception to what I just wrote is Dan Aykroyd; I would love to properly meet and hang out with him someday, hear some of his showbiz stories. I did get his autograph once at a signing for his vodka (and I'm a teetotaler), but it was a quick thing, which was fine. For various reasons, he is perhaps one of the coolest people on the planet (not as cool as the hypothetical cure-major-disease gal or guy, though).
Neesy,
Yes, I do have the crystal skull containing the vodka. It was pre-signed by Mr. Aykroyd (at least, I am pretty sure it is an actual signature and not a stamp, as I did not see him sign this; does yours have an autograph on the back, or is it clear?). He had signed the album sleeve of my copy of "Briefcase Full of Blues." Meeting him was a lot of fun, but I don't like crowds these days. It was a calm, convivial line, but I get anxious in the presence of large gatherings; doubt I would ever attend a King signing, especially since I have an autographed "The Tommyknockers" from the days when you could send a book to him. I wish I had also purchased the bottle of Dan Aykroyd wine since that has his name on it; I wonder if that is still sold. My vodka is also unopened.
I am and always will be thankful for actually getting to meet Mr. King and shake his hand. I got to meet him at the 11/22/63 event in Dallas, TX on November 10th, 2011. I had never been to ANYTHING like this before. <snip> He was such an...ordinary type of guy. There was no aura about him, no special light. He was just a helluva guy who seemed to have time to talk to every single person in the room, people asked him questions about books, about the Red Sox, he took the time to answer everyone with the same easygoing "how ya' doin?" attitude. He was great to be around. Some people say it's not smart to meet your heroes and I agree with that for the most part but my hero was a helluva nice guy and seemed genuinely inquisitive and curious about his fans. Thanks again for coming to Dallas, TX Mr. King. We were well met on the path of the beam that night, I say thank-ya sir.