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.