Famous novelists like Margaret Atwood and Stephen King started sharing discouraging moments in their career after a debut author tweeted about only two people coming to her book signing.
, the first book of a working trilogy that follows King Arthur's children during a time of war. Banning, a librarian by trade, had been working on the story for over 15 years. In August, it finally published.
But getting her novel onto bookshelves proved to be half the battle. For the past few months, Banning has been working tirelessly on social media to market her book with little luck.at Pretty Good Books in Ashtabula, Ohio, had low turnout, Banning was at her breaking point. "I was discouraged and bummed and I felt bad that the bookstore owner opened his store for me," she said.
The next day, in the spur of the moment, Banning tweeted about what happened with the intention of possibly deleting the tweet in a few hours, she said.,"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."
But that night, instead of taking down what she wrote, she stared at her tweet in shock as a mass of authors, including some of the most renowned novelists in the world, replied with their own experiences of low turnout.Among those who responded were some of Banning's favorite authors, including
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