Stephen King to Margaret Atwood to Neil Gaiman: Authors tweet to support write after only two people show up to her book

Authors like Stephen King, Margaret Atwood, and Neil Gaiman showed their support after new author Chelsea Banning took to Twitter to share how her book signing event left her ‘upset'.

Debutant author Chelsea Banning recently took to Twitter to share how “upset” and “embarrassed” she felt after only two people turned up to her book signing event. However, what she couldn’t have imagined is the outpouring of support she received, especially from famous authors like Stephen King, Margaret Atwood, and Neil Gaiman.

The image shows the writer whose tweet received replies from famous authors like Stephen King, Margaret Atwood, and Neil Gaiman. (linktr.ee/chelseawritesbooks)

“Only 2 people came to my author signing yesterday, so I was pretty bummed about it. Especially as 37 people responded "going" to the event. Kind of upset, honestly, and a little embarrassed,” Banning wrote expressing her frustration. Soon, she received a reply from Margaret E. Atwood. “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,” she wrote. Banning also posted a reply.

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Neil Gaiman too shared a story from one of his book signing events. He posted, “Terry Pratchett and I did a signing in Manhattan for Good Omens that nobody came to at all. So you are two up on us. ”