The Two Things I Love the Most in the World

The two things I love the most in the world: books and nature. Both very aptly represented in this picture I clicked at Talegaon. A plumeria flower on a copy of Brisingr, written by my favourite fantasy author, Christopher Paolini.

Christopher lives in Paradise Valley, Montana, USA. When you look at the mind-blowing, breathtaking scenery in pictures of that place, you realise and understand why he could create a world in which mountains loom over the clouds, where the towns are full of boisterious humans, and where a dragon spreads her wings as far as she can in the mighty blue sky.

I agree this post is going away from what it was supposed to be about, but once I start talking about Christopher, I can't stop. His story is what has inspired me to get going in the last few weeks, mostly because I find similarities in us. He was homeschooled and graduated from high school (correspondence) by the age of fifteen. He took two years to write Eragon, after which his parents decided to publish it through their company. Paolini International LLC was a small business, and Christopher had to market the book himself. It was hard work, and his efforts at selling the book meant putting food on the table. Then a writer picked up Eragon at a bookstore and showed it to his publisher, who decided to buy the rights from Christopher. From then on, it was all uphill. At nineteen, Christopher was a New York Times bestselling author.

I want to be like that.

I want to be as much a 'nature writer' - as he calls it - as a fantasy writer. And that is what my story is about. The power of Nature around us, within us. The two things I love the most in the world: books and nature. What better to do than fuse them together and have a career in it.

I want to be like that.