Stephen King Revival Book Signing

I took my son Sam to a Stephen King book signing in Portland on Monday. He was signing his new book, Revival, and they only gave out 400 tickets. It was very much like an assembly line - you stand in a very long line, when you begin to get close they tell you to turn your book to the title page, then you hand it to an assistant, and by the time you stand in front of him, he's already signing your book. Here's what we got:

He did speak to us, though, and he didn't speak to many people. He glanced down at Sam as he was signing and said, "This is like being a kid and being punished by having to write your name 500 times." Then he looked at Sam and asked, "What grade are you in, son?" So that was cool.

I can't wait until my books make the bestseller lists. Then I, too, will be able to make people do ridiculous things like standing in long lines just to meet me for 5 seconds.

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I got the new Stephen King book, Revival, and a ticket to his book signing next Monday at Books A Million in Portland, Maine. They only gave out 400, I believe. We got to the store at around 6:30am and there were already about 150 people there. Some people slept overnight. Normally, I'm not the type to sit in the cold like an idiot, but it was fun. I saw the sun rise, which is very rare. Well, it's not rare for the sun to rise, but it's rare that I see it. Below is the list of rules for the book signing.

Kind of blurry, I know. And that is not a stain on the photo - my camera lens does that. But the list says that there are no selfies, and non-flash photos can be taken from a designated area. They take us inside in groups every 15 minutes. Stephen King will not do a speech, will only sign Revival, and will not personalize the book. It's like a military operation. Actually, it's like getting soup from the Soup Nazi. But I imagine that Stephen King gets sick of everyone yakking his ear off, and he must have some really weird fans. So it's understandable, and I'm looking forward to getting my book signed.