Dragonlady
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Do you write about races that you aren't a representative of? I have some fantasy races and non human peoples, but there is a land I've not fleshed out yet - it is basically just a name - I always envisaged its native people as black. I'm white. Having much more awareness of race issues, I'm not really sure how to do the fleshing out. I have a story idea with a military side, and creating a fictitious dark skinned people who are at least slightly cast as the 'baddies' makes me very uneasy. I'm not sure whether to create one state, a n umber of neighbouring states, warring tribes or a combination .
The male protagonist has a military role and is from the slightly democratic oligarchy to the north, a well fleshed out nation with largely olive skinned natives that I've written about before. The rulers of this country think they're doing a really good job, and life is way better under them. They're not as right as they think they are, and I'm happy for a military campaign to have a big learning exercise along these lines.
Any thoughts on this welcome, especially the race side. I'm tentative about writing about that which I know very little about but I'm aware fantasy needs more diversity.
The male protagonist has a military role and is from the slightly democratic oligarchy to the north, a well fleshed out nation with largely olive skinned natives that I've written about before. The rulers of this country think they're doing a really good job, and life is way better under them. They're not as right as they think they are, and I'm happy for a military campaign to have a big learning exercise along these lines.
Any thoughts on this welcome, especially the race side. I'm tentative about writing about that which I know very little about but I'm aware fantasy needs more diversity.