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How many of you read, or have ever read, foreign fiction by an indie?
I write women's fiction with Muslim female protagonists. Aside from my novel and short stories, which could be termed an "exotic read" (read for cultural anthropological value), I have released my first novella, where I wish to engage readers in a human story.
Is there a readership for foreign stories about women's lives, with challenges of family, love and other struggles that are common across cultures or do you as readers, prefer to read stories about Anne, who met Joe in college, and will get married after Christmas? After all, reading even a human story about another culture entails some confusing new words and things, even if the story is a human story.
I write women's fiction with Muslim female protagonists. Aside from my novel and short stories, which could be termed an "exotic read" (read for cultural anthropological value), I have released my first novella, where I wish to engage readers in a human story.
Is there a readership for foreign stories about women's lives, with challenges of family, love and other struggles that are common across cultures or do you as readers, prefer to read stories about Anne, who met Joe in college, and will get married after Christmas? After all, reading even a human story about another culture entails some confusing new words and things, even if the story is a human story.