KELLY J MASSEY

All right, so last blog post I wrote on whether you should be a pantser or a plotter. What was the verdict? I'm a total panster-I write by the seat of my pants and that works well for me. However, whether you are a plotter or a pantser you should make sure that your work follows a well organized storyline. Otherwise your reader will feel like they are going nowhere fast. Do you know what happens when a reader feels like they aren't getting anywhere? They put your book down an

We first meet Alcander in the galley of Captain Kynwyl's ship. The captain is not pleased to find his daughter, Indra, as a stowaway, and assigns the Paladin Monk to her to keep her out of trouble no matter the cost, as none of the sailors are to know that two elementals are onboard. Alcander leads Indra to escape when the Saskians attack the captain's ship, and continues to protect her even when she doesn't want him around. Artwork commissioned by me, completed by Shinji Mar

Nettle is Briar's twin brother. His green hair and athleticism makes him a favorite in the Sylvan. He realizes his earth elemental gift early, much to the dismay of his sister. He recognizes his sister's troubles and promises to take her with him when he leaves the Sylvan; whether she is an elemental or not. Yet he isn't prepared to lose his sister to her newfound identity which leaves him irrevocably alone. Artwork commissioned by me, completed by Shinji March 2016. #protago

Briar is a shy sprite from the Sylvan and the twin sister of Nettle. Most notice her violet hair and eyes when they first meet her. She has never fit in with the rest of the sprites of the Sylvan, and not just because of her purple hair. When Briar realizes her true element is of the Atmosphere, she finds relief in being able to leave the Sylvan to find her true identity among the Gilophen who live in the sky. Artwork commissioned by me, completed by Shinji April 2016. #chara

Indra is the daughter of Captain Kynwyl of Eshaal's royal navy. She knows of the beauty and the power of the ocean firsthand, as well as the brewing conflict between her home kingdom and the Saskian Empire. Yet she cannot find the reason to leave the seaside where she has been honing her powers he watery powers. She only leaves when her father's ship is attacked by three Saskian Imperial ships, and the Paladin Monk he has assigned to protect her, hauls her off the ship. She i