Cpt. Smurf

Yeah, I think asking us if we 'celebrate' the Fourth of July would definitely result in blank stares. It wasn't exactly a celebratory event. :P

I think you also need to account for regional variations in the US. Would druggist/pharmacist be one? The only one I know of is soda/pop/cola. Which is just weird. Every ...

If you're talking about midsummer celebrations in the present, they're not around in the mainstream any more, in the UK at least. I don't know about Ireland, though. On the ...

Nope, the thread is 'English [ie. British English] vs. American.' Well, I'm sorry. I took English as the language not as the people. Therefore it would not be just the ...

I didn't realize we were just talking UK/US. I thought is was American versus non-American. Nope, the thread is 'English [ie. British English] vs. American.'

Antenna - Aerial Line - Queue Just to point out - we use both 'aerial' and 'queue' as often, if not more than 'antenna' and 'line'.

OK, I want to know, if these ( ) are brackets in English, then what are these [ ]? They don't really have a name. I suppose we just call ...

I refuse to spell 'sulphur' 'sulfur', no matter what prevails. That just looks awful. Phonetic spelling really is yuck!

American: bank British: banque Not once in my life have I ever seen or called a bank a banque. That site seems to be taking it for granted that all ...

I agree about cliche's, I just...I dunno. For some reason I've all of a sudden started having this fear of "oh no, what if this idea is cliche and sucks?!" ...

Well, if this is after you've sent them your manuscript and they've accepted it, then I suppose you just send the ones of them which you don't want to be ...

Lol, no problem! Remember to tell us when you get some news!

Agent Query This has all the necessary info you'll need on submitting a query to an agent. It should come in handy. -Kaz

Yes, there is a process. You have to find agents that specialise in your genre of writing, ie. fantasy, crime, romance etc. You then send them a query letter for ...

Sorry, I should have mentioned that. :) oops. Anyway, an agent WILL NOT ask you for money up front. In fact, if they do, don't send your work to them, ...