My Favourite Author

This week's topic: Our favourite author.

Truth be told, with modern literature looking less and less attractive to me, and with some strategies and conventions looking more similar to one another with each book, I haven't really kept up with who's who and what's what. I just read whatever fits my tastes and interests, or whatever is recommended from trusted friends.

Still, I certainly do remember one author very fondly. His name is T.H. White, and he wrote The Once and Future King, which was essentially a very insightful story about both Arthurian legend and the human condition. It's very thought-provoking and Mr. White does a fabulous job of writing his characters and putting his philosophies down on paper.

Mr. White's most famous work might best be remembered for its weighty issues and deep insight, but he was also capable of good humour as well, as seen in the earlier story in the series 'The Sword in the Stone'. Seeing as angst and melodrama (meaning, the art of making your characters suffer far more than you have a right to put them through) are styles which I have never supported, Mr. White's exceptionally well-rounded set of skills have certainly been marked in my mind as one of my favourite authors to read about.

Last Weekend

Well, here it is. The first in a series of blogs for the purpose of my Creative Writing Course. If you're not in Encik Jaferie's class, I can only wonder at why you're here.

Not much to say about what happened last weekend. A couple of things stand out, though.
Firstly, we recently got a new computer, one with better processing abilities. We should be able to do a lot more things and run a lot more programs now.
Secondly, I watched Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't terribly exciting. There was good humour, both intentionally and unintentionally. I thought the romantic parts were particularly cringe-inducing.

Well, that's it for this first post. If I feel inclined to doing so, I might try and make future posts look prettier. Not that it matters, so long as we have a weekly post.