First look! Imitation & Alchemy: An Elemental Legacy Novella
What’s Imitation & Alchemy, you ask? Why it’s just the next Elemental Legacy novella for Ben and Tenzin. (Or Benzin, as you all have named them.) I’m estimating this novella will be out this winter. I’m aiming for early February, but that depends on editing and holidays and all that jazz. I have to share this …
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Oct 31, 2015 10:17AM
SOOO excited!!!
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Please, please not Benzin!!! It is toxic, vial, poisonous substance and that pair deserves better then have the same name as known carcinogen !!!
Katrina wrote: "Please, please not Benzin!!! It is toxic, vial, poisonous substance and that pair deserves better then have the same name as known carcinogen !!!"Are you taking about the hydrocarbon benzine?
Yes - can't help it, I have chemistry background
Katrina wrote: "Yes - can't help it, I have chemistry background"I've never seen it written without the "e"! And I'm sorry. Readers came up with this portmanteau so I feel like I have to respect it. Try to think of it as a volatile name for volatile characters?
You are correct about the "e" at the end, it is how it is written in English. Benzin without the "e" is the Russian version , it is also a Russian term for gasoline (petrol), and yes, I have both chemistry and Russian background ;) . Looking from volatility angle - they are pretty combustible , and I would not dispute other readers.
