I'm actually on this ancient social media called 'Books.' I even wrote one
https://www.amazon.com/Misfire-Inside-Downfall-Tim-Mak/dp/1524746452/
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I'm actually on this ancient social media called 'Books.' I even wrote one https://www.amazon.com/Misfire-Inside-Downfall-Tim-Mak/dp/1524746452/ 3 comments
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' 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 |
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