“Make sure you write in US English. Your
largest audience is the US and the US readers will murder you if you use UK
English as they see it as wrong.”
So, I went through the three books in my series,
150K words each and changed them from UK English which is Australian spelling,
into US English. Perhaps this was a good idea as a beginning author.
However, in hindsight, I kind of regret
it. I should have just published in UK English.
Why?
Not because UK English is technically the
one that is correct. ENGlish came from ENGland, US spelling in truth is
“incorrect”. I don’t see this as a major problem. Not in the slightest as far
as writing and publishing goes. And as far as the US readers are concerned it
is correct for them. I do get a big laugh when someone from the US tells
someone from England their spelling is incorrect, that’s funny. But if your
intention is to please the larger US audience, then use US English.
The reason I should have used UK English
is that this is what comes naturally to me, it suits my Australian-ised writing
style. It suits me. It was what I was brought up with. It rolls off my keyboard
far more easily.
My next trilogy is already written in US
English. Ready to publish. But thinking ahead, the next book I write will be in
very, very Australian English. Because my next series will be set in Australia.
Really looking forward to this.
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