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August 17, 2007
The King and I
There are those who say that I look like author Stephen King. Once, in a grocery store, I actually had to produce ID for a disbelieving cashier who was convinced that I really WAS Stephen King. My wife does not see the resemblance. She loyally argues that I am far better looking. (Sorry Stephen!)
But it turns out that we have something else inc common, as a news story out of Sydney Australia demonstrates.
King was a mistaken for a vandal this week when he walked into a bookstore in the Australian Outback and began writing in some of the books. This was more than a little upsetting to bookstore owner Bev Ellis: "you see someone writing in one of your books you get a bit toey (touchy, for those of you don't speak Austsralian)!" Of course the books he was writing in where his own, and he was signing them. Everything was cleared up quickly withs smiles all around.
What I love about the story is the fact that King, after selling 42-gagillion books, ringing up millions in movie rights, and earning international acclaim for his writing, still can't walk by a bookstore without ducking in to see if his books are on the shelves, and then signing a few of them. My god, he's just as insecure and ego-driven as the rest of us!
Which leaves the burning question...does he haunt the Amazon rankings list like some other authors I know (but who shall, mercifully, go nameless.)
Posted by rickbeyer at August 17, 2007 07:30 AM
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