I objectively know that this story would be interesting to the audience it is targeted to but I am finding no appropriate comp titles whatsoever and it's driving me mad

anyway in my work, all the characters, local or foreign, are some combination of silly, stupid, deranged and/or just plain weird

The most daunting thing about translation (or at least the publishing side of it) is basically having to act like an agent for the writer/work and I have zero confidence in my ability to do that

I was just about to say, actually! It’s also very Argentine lol

Literally, there is nothing more American than talking about how much you hate the US and how everyone elsewhere "does it better"

also all that glitters isn't gold in the EU anyway, especially if you're American and your only experience of Europe (EU or non-EU) is a 2 week holiday

like if you want to live in the EU just find a way directly to an EU country. Don't bank on X joining the EU because it's not likely to happen anytime soon.

I've seen people on FB talk about moving to *Albania* for "free healthcare," it's gotten to be that delusional

Now all I can do is just sigh and roll my eyes when someone starts writing fanfic about "free healthcare" and "accepting, happy people/societies"