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mjhudston · 09-02-2010, 02:05 AM

Here in the UK some of us have started calling it American, Australian and Canadian, as opposed to English, although this has yet to get mainstream use, but it helps differentiate what are in effect different languages.

I think it depends on how big your distribution is going to be. Most mainstream novels are "translated" between variations of English. I have read Tom Clancy here in the UK where Colour is spelt Colour not Color, and the like although that does not appear to be happening in ebooks as much.

If like me your distribution is going to be small, and you feel you can write in "American" which is your target audience then maybe you should.

I cannot write in American , so I write in English.

09-02-2010, 02:05 AM	#7
mjhudston All round good egg Posts: 229 Karma: 1005039 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: Apple Ipad 3rd Generation	Here in the UK some of us have started calling it American, Australian and Canadian, as opposed to English, although this has yet to get mainstream use, but it helps differentiate what are in effect different languages. I think it depends on how big your distribution is going to be. Most mainstream novels are "translated" between variations of English. I have read Tom Clancy here in the UK where Colour is spelt Colour not Color, and the like although that does not appear to be happening in ebooks as much. If like me your distribution is going to be small, and you feel you can write in "American" which is your target audience then maybe you should. I cannot write in American , so I write in English.