UK or US Setting?

The other day I discussed language, more specifically, British English and American English, and I came to the conclusion that British English just looks better, it looks more literary and less lazy.



But I've already discussed that, and now, I'm going to talk about the settings and what should I use, I'm from the UK, yet, as someone in the comments pointed out, I have used US settings.



It's strange, deciding on where I'm going to set my books, Lumen is set on its own island, partially because I didn't want to have it set in either the UK or the US. However, Lumen does have scenes in New York... and as the series progresses you will experiences Australia, Greece, and in fact, my home town of Lancaster... although the only place I would have been is Lancaster I am sure that I can do my part with research to bring the settings of New York, Australia, and Greece alive.



My current writing project is The Salem Gates, and it's set in the US... and I'm having a slight problem, I'm from the UK, which I've probably pointed out so much in this post that the only thing you'll take from this post is the fact that I am British. Ha! But on a serious note, I'm not sure what language to use. I am writing everything with my UK English spellings, and I don't think I'll stop doing that, however, words like "mom" and "mum" are annoying me, so which should I use?



I really want to connect more with my roots, and as I mature as a writer I want people to know where I've come from and I know what kind of writer I want to be... although, I'm still getting to know the kind of writer I am, and keeping this blog and writing every day has helped to figure it out. So I'm going to be incorporating more of the UK into my writing, and that's a conscious choice I'm making, I no longer feel like I want to escape into these worlds where the places have obscure names... I want real, but with an element of magic. -- so yeah, I've had a real breakthrough moment with my writing, and it feels so good.




Where are you from?

Where do you set your pieces of fiction?


-Joseph




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