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

[CalmMyTits]

with all the negative feedback there's no way these books sell well.

 

[bradsternum]

The real question is, how many did her friends and family buy, and how many actual people were duped into purchasing them?

 

[trip2themoon]

I'll never forget Maradonia's goal against England in '86. Thinking about it still brings tears of happiness to my eyes.

 

[CWCissey]

I'll never forget Maradonia's goal against England in '86. Thinking about it still brings tears of happiness to my eyes.

You had better not be talking about the cheating cunt goal there!

 

[trip2themoon]

I'll never forget Maradonia's goal against England in '86. Thinking about it still brings tears of happiness to my eyes.

You had better not be talking about the cheating cunt goal there!

Did he fuck cheat. It was clearly a perfectly executed header. If it was anything else the ref would have caught it. If England had got to that semi I reckon they'd have took Belgium.

 

[CWCissey]

It was clearly a perfectly executed hander.

Fixed that for you.

 

[CalmMyTits]

The real question is, how many did her friends and family buy, and how many actual people were duped into purchasing them?

That is a good question. Nowadays with the free sample you can read on Amazon for each book, plenty of people get an advance warning if they read the sample. I know a couple of people actually purchased the book in its entirety for the lulz so they could pick it apart.

Gloria was only 13 when her first book came out. I sure as hell know that I was nowhere near ready to publish a book when I was her age. If I ever have any kids, and they want to be writers, I would refuse to allow them to publish until they're 18, to make sure that they have some time to mature and refine their writing. If they showed refusal to listen to critique and feedback, I would take away their computers so they couldn't write. I get so pissed off at parents who encourage their kids to do anything and praise their effort, no matter how crappy the end product is. (ahemChris'sartahem)

 

[trip2themoon]

I wonder if I'm the only one who is irked by the series title: Maradonia and...

The name implies a character called Maradonia and the fact that Maradonia is the place is totally retarded. After watching the trailer for her movie I wonder if she's a Depeche Mode and He Man fan?

 

[OR 345]

The idea of Maradonia bugs me in general. She's treating it like a Narnia, with a cave acting as the wardrobe that transports them to Maradonia, but the map (yes, there's a map, I'll scan it later when I'm on a computer) makes it look like it's a big physical stretch of land next to their hometown. So I don't know if it's an entirely new world, a parallel world in another dimension, or what.

 

[Butta Face Lopez]

Well I don't know either, but I believe everything happens for a reason.

 

[Grand Number of Pounds]

I suppose Gloria Tesch is like the David Tanny of fantasy literature.

It wouldn't be too bad if you were just doing it for fun, but to actually think your sub-par work is good enough to be professional, that's ridiculous.

 

[trip2themoon]

The idea of Maradonia bugs me in general. She's treating it like a Narnia, with a cave acting as the wardrobe that transports them to Maradonia, but the map (yes, there's a map, I'll scan it later when I'm on a computer) makes it look like it's a big physical stretch of land next to their hometown. So I don't know if it's an entirely new world, a parallel world in another dimension, or what.

TBH I don't think Ms Tesch herself even knows...

I saw the map on the film trailer: Lake Lagoon WOW lots of thought went into that name. I've never read Tolkien but I can see where she got her ideas from. I loved The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe as a kid and the blatant rip offs from that series are really annoying. She could barely deviate from the name Narnia in naming her land. Seeing the TM on the word Maradonia on the book was quite funny, like anyone would dare rip off that tripe...

 

[OR 345]

Okay, as basically promised, here's the map.

Spoiler

Note the misspelling of "Oceanside" as "Oceniside." And how they didn't size it right, so the border is right up against some of the words.

 

[NobleGreyHorse]

There's a "Nissan Falls" at the southwest end of "Lake Lagoon." Well done, Ms. Tesch. *slow clap*

 

[OR 345]

I just noticed, there's also a "Jivin Hills."

 

[Trombonista]

There's also a place called Lupus Ville. Sounds like a great tourist destination.

 

[DykesDykesChina]

I'll be working on my fantasy trilogy "The Chronicles of Schweinsteigeria".

I'm just getting to the 5. chapter which describes the grand epic battle against the rival kingdom of Podolskia.

 

[cypocryphy]

I'll be working on my fantasy trilogy "The Chronicles of Schweinsteigeria".

I'm just getting to the 5. chapter which describes the grand epic battle against the rival kingdom of Podolskia.

I was going to make the Chronicles of Batistutia or Zanettia.

 

[José Mourinho]

I'm working on the chronicles of Zakarikazania and the Alogattoseriea.

 

[NobleGreyHorse]

Whatever I name my country, I'm making damn sure that my villains not only sing teamwork songs, but hoard unicorns that are so gaudy Ronald McDonald would blush. Also, my protagonists must pass a bunch of tests. Maybe algebra.