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I've seen the lonesome author several times at cons, the big name overseas guest has a long line and our local dude has zilch, or maybe one or two seminterested people. It must be very soul destroying, like throwing a party no one comes too, but on the other hand people could take umbrage if only the foreign dude gets the celebrity treatment.

Maybe the solution is a signing cocktail party, you wear a big badge with "hi, buy my book" on it and you engage in witty chat & sign if someone knows who you are, and if you don't you can always drown your sorrows.