💥 Trainwreck Gloria Tesch / Sofia Nova - Author of the Maradonia series turned Republithot

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bradsternum said:
Well, none of the other books are actually 800-1000 pages. They're just formatted poorly. I'd guess they're all 40,000 words, tops.
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oh, I know, I'm just wondering if this one, now that she's older, will divert from her usual 50 pages of content formatted and stretched out to 500 pages, or if she's gonna go full "my immortal" and have a 10 million word epic?
 
My fellow writing friends call people like her paperbackers, due to the low quality of self-published books. Yeah, it's a horrible pain in the ass to send query letters and bits of your manuscropt to publishing houses and agents, and even worse when the rejection letters come back (trust me, I know), but what's the value of self-publishing when no one's going to know who you are, or why they should read your lame self-published indulgence over all the other forced trash out there?
 
Hers is more similar to vanity publishing.
So her daddy paid big money for the publishing AND the positive reviews (perhaps the deal inckuded her website too).
 
Henry Bemis said:
Could the Teschs ever hypothetically sue for copyright infringement, despite the fact that their books aren't legitimately published?
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1) Ideas (such as plot lines) aren't copyrightable and aren't covered by other forms of intellectual property rights. Specific expressions of ideas (for example, novels based on certain plot lines) are copyrightable.
2) Copyright immediately applies to all copyrightable things people create, whether it's published or not, and no matter how the publication happens.
 
The whole self-publishing vs vanity publishing thing is interesting, since there are a whole host of relatively low-cost ways she could publish (i.e. through Lulu, CreateSpace, or the many other self-publishing tools out there). Instead they fell for vanity publishing, which costs them a lot more money. I don't know if they actually got things other than the book out of it (like positive reviews, or the website, as @Roosechu speculated), but I don't think so. The positive reviews I've seen have always either been written by Gloria herself, due to her distinctive, unnatural, style; or someone who knows her personally. I think if there were actual, non-Gloria reviews, they might actually be better written.

As an aside, I actually downloaded a sample of the book for my Kindle. I think I have the "edited" version, judging by the Conjugal Felicity sporkings, but it's still bad, and still a blatant Bible ripoff. I'd never actually read it, so this was...uh...interesting. Some of the funniest bits come from misplaced words, such as "The Light Carrier (Apolloyon) was absolutely intrigued and totally excited about the fact that so many royal members of the assembly worshiped him." Like, totally, Gloria. Totally. (That's what makes it so hilarious, because I picture it being said by a young, giggly teenager, and...oh, wait.)

Or weirdly used phrases, such as, "It was so quiet in the classroom that a falling needle would have made a tremendous sound..." That's a really convoluted way to say, "It was so quiet in the classroom that you could hear a pin drop."

And then there's...this: "The crowd was in awe [that Maya starts beating up another girl]. One of the boys screamed, "Dayummmmm!"

We've discussed why Gloria's style feels so awkward, but somehow reading her fiction is even more so.
 
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Hellblazer said:
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I-I-I had forgotten about this wretched thread/person/mannequin. I wonder if there's any aspect of reality slapping her in the face, like ever. Does she ever read a negative review of her trash, or hear someone snicker when they realize who she is? At any rate, of her schlock movie ever gets made, she'll be dismayed when the attemtion she gets will be less Harry Potter fandom, and more weirdos like me who watch Eragon and laugh their asses off.
 
Loke said:
weirdos like me who watch Eragon and laugh their asses off
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The fanbase of such a movie may also include 50-something year old socially awkward and technology challenged men who live with their parents and obsessively try to get in touch with certain kinds of people...
 
ToroidalBoat said:
The fanbase of such a movie may also include 50-something year old socially awkward and technology challenged men who live with their parents and obsessively try to get in touch with certain kinds of people...
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And who, having been called out on being a creeper, might have taken the absolute most half-assed of preventative measures to keep their creeping secret?

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Loke said:
Does she ever read a negative review of her trash, or hear someone snicker when they realize who she is?
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She knows enough to include a picture of Swankivy in one of her music videos for degrading purposes. (Guess who comes off worse.)

And Swank didn't even discuss Maradonia, but rather the Tesches' dubious promotional tactics.
 
MysticMisty said:
It would involve her parents no longer throwing money at her while furiously praising her. And the most likely scenario for that at the moment would be when they die. Reality is not going to hit any time soon.
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Plus she'll get everything when they die, and I think she's dating a dude who is in school to become a surgeon. It's quite possible that she'll never have to deal with reality in any significant way for her entire life.
 
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