The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Tales from Alagaësia Volume 1: Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle)

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And that image was the key to a great well of ideas that had been burbling inside me, ideas gathered from research and from my imagination. I had read a huge amount of folklore while growing up, which ranged from the Brothers Grimm to Beowulf, Nordic sagas, and the Aeneid, along with contemporary fantasy and science fiction. In addition, I’d learned about weaponry, food, clothing, and customs from the Middle Ages, which is roughly the era I envision Eragon living in. Armed with that information, I daydreamed the scenes with my characters. Then I took pen to paper and tried to recreate those images with words. As the manuscript developed, I drew additional inspiration from good literature, music that sends tingles up my spine, great movies, and nature—the soaring Beartooth Mountains that edge the valley where I live, and the Yellowstone River that rushes by my home. This natural beauty helped me envision my fantasy world; at times, I could almost see Saphira flying over the sharp, snowcapped mountain peaks that I see from my window. Los nombres en mi libro surgen de tres fuentes distintas. Algunos son juegos de palabras, por ejemplo, Eragon es dragon con la primera letra cambiada y Saphira es una variación de la palabra sappire (N. de T. sappire significa “zafiro” en inglés). Otros nombres provienen de fuentes históricas, como el anglosajón, el nórdico, el germano, el ruso…, mientras que el resto me los inventé siguiendo las reglas de mis idiomas inventados, como el nombre del elfo Blödhgarm. Really pay attention to what does or doesn’t make sense. Consistency and internal logic are super important.

Volume 2 of Tales from Alagaësia will probably show up sooner rather than later. I have a couple more short stories I want to write this year. We shall see. Depends on how much promotional stuff I have to do for To Sleep. Plot your stories out beforehand. Make sure you understand the story well enough that you could narrate it to someone else if need be. If you can’t, then you probably don’t have an actual story. That and write about the things you love the most. It’ll help get you through a large project. Muchos fans me envían sus historias con la esperanza de que pueda aconsejarles. Sin embargo, mi apretada agenda no me deja tiempo suficiente para leer los manuscritos y dedicarles el tiempo necesario. Si buscas un mentor/a, trata de encontrar un escritor/a, editor/a o profesor/a de lengua que pueda revisar y corregir tu trabajo. Si no se te ocurre nadie, pregunta en tu biblioteca y quizá ellos puedan darte alguna referencia. The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm includes new characters and some already encountered in the original series, and tells of the many challenges Eragon and Saphira face as they establish the Dragon Riders in their new home far to the east of Alagaësia, integrating stories about Murtagh, Angela, and a village of Urgals. Angela spirited the girl away and sought to raise her without attempted kidnappers and murderers surrounding her.

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Y aquella imagen se convirtió en la entrada a un enorme pozo de ideas que habían estado bullendo en mi interior, procedentes tanto de la investigación como de mi propia imaginación. De pequeño había leído una gran cantidad de literatura folclórica, desde los Hermanos Grimm a Beowulf, pasando por las sagas nórdicas y la Eneida, así como literatura contemporánea de fantasía y de ciencia ficción. Además, había aprendido mucho sobre armamento, comida, ropa y costumbres de la Edad Media, que es más o menos la época en la que imagino a Eragon viviendo. Provisto de toda esa información, empecé a soñar despierto con diferentes escenas y personajes. Un día tomé papel y lápiz y traté de recrear esas imágenes con palabras.

This volume features three original stories set in Alagaësia, interspersed with scenes from Eragon's own unfolding adventure. Included is an excerpt from the memoir of the unforgettable witch and fortune-teller Angela the herbalist . . . penned by Angela Paolini, the inspiration for the character, herself! It both furthers the character's mystery and serves to give us a peak at the science and science fiction woven into the fantasy world of Alagaësia—masterfully showing us how they would perceive our known and unknown facts; with the promise of more!

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Now he is struggling with an endless sea of tasks: constructing a vast dragonhold, wrangling with suppliers, guarding dragon eggs and dealing with belligerent Urgals and haughty elves. Then a vision from the Eldunarí, unexpected visitors and an exciting Urgal legend offer a much-needed distraction and a new perspective. The only real break with physics I had with my magic system was the assumption that living things could directly manipulate different forms of energy with their minds. That’s it. That’s magic. Everything else directly follows from that assumption. And as best I could, I tried to be consistent with that assumption. Murtagh and Roran: Fans looking to see more of the two warriors will be happy with Book 5. [ S1] It’s possible that Murtagh (and Thorn’s) appearance will include further developments on the fan-wished Murtagh/Nasuada relationship. [ S2] In fact, as he puts it himself in the Afterword, he wrote the first version of “The Worm of Kulkaras” a bit over two years ago as a means of clearing his head between sections of a larger sci-fi project (which I'm anticipating, achingly).