So, for all you aspiring writers, and all the mid-list writers like myself here is a cautionary tale.  George R.R. had this up on his Not a Blog, and it was just too good not to share.

I can do one better than Mr. Hall.  My very first autographing was at an Archon.  I didn’t even have a book out.  I had a cover flat of my Star Trek novel THE TEARS OF THE SINGERS.  The committee insisted I needed to sign because people would want me to sign their program books.

I was seated next to Stephen King.

 

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