orderofstandrew OP t1_izzgabh wrote
Reply to comment by inot72 in I'm Andrew Shaffer, a NYTimes bestselling author and my new novel, Feel the Bern, is a humorous mystery starring Bernie Sanders, AMA by orderofstandrew
Great question! I actually began writing a Trump mystery in early 2016, back when Trump was a primary candidate with little chance of winning the Republican nomination. 'The Day of the Donald' was a satirical thriller about a (then) hypothetical future where a reality TV host becomes president. By the time I finished and published it that summer, Trump was the nominee...thus killing the market. The book sold less than a thousand copies and faded from memory. I learned an important lesson: if you write satire, you run the risk of real life being more bizarre than fiction.
inot72 t1_izzka21 wrote
Good lesson there! Everyday you think it can't get anymore bizarre but then it does!
orderofstandrew OP t1_izzknek wrote
I had a joke about Trump calling the Prince of Wales the "Prince of Whales," which then happened in his presidency. There were several other things in the book which became reality as well. I did not ask for this reality-shaping power! But I now wield it with a greater sense of responsibility.
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