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Tim Mak

Twitter is only useful of verified-information at speed. Breaking news you can trust from credible sources. Without that what is the point? I’m not here for the bad takes

12 Apr 2023 at 16:29 | Open on journa.host
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Tim Mak

I'm actually on this ancient social media called 'Books.' I even wrote one

amazon.com/Misfire-Inside-Down

12 Apr 2023 at 16:36 | Open on journa.host
Tim Mak

I didn't need get to get a blue check mark to write a book, but I did need to be a journalist for a decade, convince an agent to work on spec, and get rejected by every publishing house in New York for my first idea in order to eventually land a book deal

12 Apr 2023 at 17:01 | Open on journa.host
Tim Mak

I've never told this story, but the reason I wrote a book about the NRA was because I originally pitched a book about Maria Butina, the Russian government agent who I uncovered in 2017

Every New York book publisher rejected it because Russia was 'so over'

12 Apr 2023 at 17:02 | Open on journa.host
Tim Mak

But while I was getting tossed out of one office, one publisher mentioned that no one had ever written a book about the inner workings of the NRA, and Butina could be a major character in that. So that's how 'Misfire' was born

12 Apr 2023 at 17:02 | Open on journa.host
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