Brainstorming Ideas to Get Stephen King's Attention

This blog is one of the ideas I had to get Stephen King's attention. I thought if I could keep a record of what I am doing to meet the man and make sure it was out there on the web for him to see, he might, just maybe, try to contact me and invite me to meet with him. It's unlikely, but the blog will help me keep track of my endeavors.

I have tried to write Mr King in the past, asking for an autograph. I always get a response stating that he is uncomfortable with that concept. He only signs in person. If I ever get the chance to go to a signing, I am going to take my dark tower books for him to sign. This kind of venue is not what I want when I say I want to meet him though. He will not remember me being one of thousands of people he would shake hands with and sign books for in a book store or some larger venue.

What I want to do is create something that I can mail to him, that will make it past his personal assistant, something that will make her say, "Hmmmm. Mr King would get a kick out of this one. I think I will leave it on his desk."

My thought is to make some sort of comic book or sketchbook that will star myself and fictional accounts of me trying to meet Mr King. Then when I finally meet him, he is not exactly what I thought he would be. He would be a crazed maniac or an alien or something even more off the wall. We will see what I can come up with.

Taking the First Steps to Meet the Man

I have been a Stephen King fan for as long as I can remember. A friend of mine introduced me to "Pet Sematary" when I was in Middle School. I grew up reading his work. Every time a new book would come out, I would go out and buy it. I had designated space on my bookshelf just for his books. For many years I was proud that I had every single book he had ever released. Then after I got married and moved into a house in another state, I made the hard decision to sell my collection of Stephen King books. The only ones I kept were the Dark Tower Series and my first trade edition of Carrie. To this day that decision still stings a bit.

A couple of years ago I discovered 43things.com and started making goals about things I want in my life. I wrote down things like becoming debt free and putting the kids through college. One of the things I have always wanted to do is meet Mr King. I started getting monthly reminders via email from 43things.com one of which wanted to know if I had met him yet. Of course I have not. The reminders did however make me wonder, "What can I do to get myself in the sights of the great author. What can I do to make him want to meet me?" To help me figure that out. I started this blog.