The Language of Fiction

There are a great many languages in the world, (and I am sure someone can tell me exactly how many) but the one that concerns me of course is the language of fiction.

I am English by birth and so grew up and leant how to write English correctly the British way. I put u's in my words and favour s's over z's in many instances. However, I find myself in somewhat of a quandary.

Age and Origins aside, there can be no denying that the American teachings of English spelling are the most recognized, thanks to television, subtitles and the internet. Now before I get accused of insulting Americans and their language, I have no issue with this, I am just pondering which 'version' of the English language I am best to use for my novel(s).

As I am looking to publish myself, most probably via Smashwords and Createspace my books will automatically be available to the entire world. This would lead to me abandon my teachings and change my spellings to the American style. Then again, I am English, and do I need to hide my nationality for the sake of an extra u in the odd word. I mean, it's not like the words are unrecognizable.

Undoubtedly I will end up with a combination of the two as I will always refuse to write grey with an a, and no matter what Aluminium will always be aluminium. That's just who I am.

Undoubtedly, the risk is ending up with a mixture of the two, and while I don't really see a problem with it, the key is to be consistently inconsistent. It isn't good to write color one sentence and colour the other. However, I won't be loosing any sleep because I have written the odd word with the English / American spelling