#the moggy thing kills me – @thebooksofansereg on Tumblr

Is it possible to keep your voice and soul while writing for an international market?

'They thought it sounded like a slur' – Sascha Stronach on what it’s like to fight US editors on matters of New Zealand slang.

The Spinoff

Yet another good reminder that even other Anglosphere authors have to basically arm-wrestle US book editors to be allowed to retain any vestige of their own dialect and culture in their writing and this is why lots of people have Opinions about American...everything.

#nz life #the moggy thing kills me #tags from OP #arrrrgh #I was once told by editors in NZ to set any books in either London or NYC if I wanted readers