British-American Editing Question?

[pyan]

And an Aussie acquaintance of mine caused consternation in W.H. Smiths by asking the girl behind the till in a loud voice where he could find the Durex...

Slightly off-topic, I know, but rather funny...

[Tirellan]

Originally Posted by Montero

OK, having just read all the way through this thread, I was left wondering:

I'm a Brit thinking about submitting my book to a US publisher. Before I do that should I

a) Run a US English spell checker over it?

b) Go through and sort out any possible UK-US confusions like rubber to eraser, fancy dress party to costume party (if I'm getting that one right) etc?

I've spent the last 2 years sending my fantasy adventure novel to US agents and publishers. I did not alter the UK spellings and it didn't seem to cause any problems

[John Jarrold]

Exactly right. I wouldn't expect a US writer to send me a version of their novel with UK spellings and word use, and the reverse is also true.