Well, I've sent off my first manuscript to an editor at a publishing company (a true publishing house, not these dubious ones so easily found online). After discussing my situation with him, he suggested I write a novel in my native language and I did. It's my first full novel mystery and in English it's called Magma.
I've been debating whether to translate it to English or not, but I guess I'll just wait and see for now. The editor I sent it too said that about 1% of the manuscripts they received each year got published. That's not good odds but at least I've tried :-)