Meh you don't really want that audience. They mostly care about soccer, alcohol and food. The bilingual crowd is where is at, people who take the time to learn other useful languages. Don't bother translating it, most translation services are quite woke.
English is the language of the world atm, as was French quite a few years ago lol.
People who had money in those times all spoke at least some french or German (since the best schools in Latin America where from those 2 countries, followed by British schools in more recent years).
You are talking about Arcane Ascension aren't you... Holy shit I get what you mean. I read the first book years ago and loved it, but after I met the author on Reddit I found out he made revisions to the book and sequels... He has the the/them swords in his books if I remember right, it was so cringe that to this day I can't recommend his book to anyone.
Well I like your story! I'm about 1/4 of the way in, and I expect the sequel to be ready by the time I'm done, so get to it 😏.
Sadly the other author has a point. If you wanted money or recognition, you wouldn't tell the Truth, you would simply tell them what they want to hear in a slightly "novel" way (like using a non binary buzzword buzzword black Muslim woman in a wheelchair with they/them pronouns), no need to think too hard, just write the tired same old story, but with a fresh dab of woke paint.
The thing about Fiction is that you can really tell how the author looks at the world, it shines trough in the way the characters interact with each other and the way the fictional world works.... And this is the reason you can really tell most "diversity" is horribly forced in modern books. It's so out of place that it's borders on the ridiculous, and it's usually used in an offhanded way so that it doesn't distract from the actual story (like having a side character with they/them pronouns who only appears twice in the story... for no reason). Some authors are more brazen and try to use it as a gimmick for their main characters (like making him/her gay), but it never quite works out... Cause get this... It's not interesting, turns out that if romance isn't the point of the story (or well put together at all) you are better off not having it in the first place. No one cares that the main character is gay if it has no relevance to the story, and it very much alienates MOST of your audience. And I say this being gay myself, I loathe fake people, if you don't like me, tell it to my face. Cause I sure as hell will.
Meh you don't really want that audience. They mostly care about soccer, alcohol and food. The bilingual crowd is where is at, people who take the time to learn other useful languages. Don't bother translating it, most translation services are quite woke.
English is the language of the world atm, as was French quite a few years ago lol.
People who had money in those times all spoke at least some french or German (since the best schools in Latin America where from those 2 countries, followed by British schools in more recent years).
You are talking about Arcane Ascension aren't you... Holy shit I get what you mean. I read the first book years ago and loved it, but after I met the author on Reddit I found out he made revisions to the book and sequels... He has the the/them swords in his books if I remember right, it was so cringe that to this day I can't recommend his book to anyone.
Well I like your story! I'm about 1/4 of the way in, and I expect the sequel to be ready by the time I'm done, so get to it 😏.
Sadly the other author has a point. If you wanted money or recognition, you wouldn't tell the Truth, you would simply tell them what they want to hear in a slightly "novel" way (like using a non binary buzzword buzzword black Muslim woman in a wheelchair with they/them pronouns), no need to think too hard, just write the tired same old story, but with a fresh dab of woke paint.
The thing about Fiction is that you can really tell how the author looks at the world, it shines trough in the way the characters interact with each other and the way the fictional world works.... And this is the reason you can really tell most "diversity" is horribly forced in modern books. It's so out of place that it's borders on the ridiculous, and it's usually used in an offhanded way so that it doesn't distract from the actual story (like having a side character with they/them pronouns who only appears twice in the story... for no reason). Some authors are more brazen and try to use it as a gimmick for their main characters (like making him/her gay), but it never quite works out... Cause get this... It's not interesting, turns out that if romance isn't the point of the story (or well put together at all) you are better off not having it in the first place. No one cares that the main character is gay if it has no relevance to the story, and it very much alienates MOST of your audience. And I say this being gay myself, I loathe fake people, if you don't like me, tell it to my face. Cause I sure as hell will.