So, I got held up on the blossom ability for a bit, think there's probably one more chapter before this ends, plus an epilogue. Oh also, in one of the last two chapters I added a bunch of pictures after the fact of the party, if you read it immediately and didn't see them. Just fyi.
In the end, I think I'm going to name the book Lotus Lake: Rise/Path of the Mystic Mage. Haven't decided if I'm using Rise or Path, but Elysium would be better as a series title, but I want to use Mystic mage for that, so that got thrown out. I'm also a little hesitant to use rise because there's a lot of "Rise of the X" books out there. Now I also have to figure out what I'm doing for the cover. Yaaaaaaaaaaay. I'm excited to be close to finished, but the stuff that comes after will probably take me a bit as I go through and edit, etc. Then it's back to Sense!