#WritersCoffeeClub March 3: On what are you unwilling to compromise?
I write in en_US because my main market is US publishers—but when writing dialog between British people I refuse to compromise on British slang and usage in dialog, even though the books are copy-edited in American spelling and grammar.
Let 'em deal with someone else's culture for a change.
Charlie Stross
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2026-03-03 11:58:32 UTC
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