Hello! I’m Edald Hopfield, an aspiring writer from Meanjin|Brisbane who has collected way more interests than can fit in my filing cabinet. Come for writing and reading and stay for magic and mayhem (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧
One day I hope to publish fiction that transports readers to magickal places where fantasy and reality blend like a beautiful potion.
You can call me Ed („• ֊ •„)੭
📝 writing ⌨️
📖 reading 📚
🎲 Dungeons & Dragons 🐉
🧶 arts & crafts
🪻 nature 🌿
🚲 travelling 🏯
🍜 food & drink 🫖
I really like a lot of things
I acknowledge the Turrbal and Yuggera people, the traditional custodians of the land on which I live, work and create. I also pay respect to the Elders past, present and emerging. Writing to you from Meanjin|Brisbane.
This April I will be entering my second Preptober using the writing blocks I developed from Heart Breathings’ Preptober video. Sarra is actually about to start another Rough Draft Challenge (she does them April, July and November). The way I’ve sorted my writing blocks means I’ll be doing Preptober in April and October, and then…
Keep readingAs February closed, so did Editary! (੭˃ᴗ˂)੭ This is the conclusion of the first set of writing blocks since I started them back in last October. I began planning them in September, having the passion re-ignited after watching Heart Breathings’ video on planning for Preptober: How I Prepare To Write A Novel in 30 Days…
Keep readingWhen I first started writing, I had pencils, pens and paper, but by the time I was leaving high school, writing with physical tools became painful for my wrist and I could only get through a couple of pages until I needed to stop. It used to be just me, a pencil and an exercise…
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Off the top of my head, I can only name two Brisbane authors: Trent Dalton and Melissa Lucashenko. They tried to shove Tim Winton down my throat in university and so I thought he was also from Brisbane but he’s actually from Perth. The reason for the force-feeding was because Cloudstreet is based in a…
I don’t know how useful these words from the 1950s will be for me writing in the 2020s but there’s a few fun ones to salvage.
International Women’s Day is tomorrow and today I’m looking at building a list of classics written by women. Luckily, I found a great list that has diversity in both authors and content: https://bookriot.com/100-must-read-classics-by-women/ The list gives great briefs on each books and is worth checking out if you’re looking to expand your reading into with…
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The rains are on and off but the winds are definitely cooling, sweeping in the fresh air of autumn, winter on the edge of it. This week has been particularly tiring with the double workload but it has made me appreciate my free time more, particularly when I have the energy for it. I’m currently…
Keep readingI started taking on the role of Dungeon Master (DM) around 2018/2019. My first session was a one-shot that ended up being a long-shot and then I DM’d a homebrew campaign through covid. I’ve had the most growth as a DM during my current campaign that I’m running, which I started in September 2024. One…
Keep readingHappy International Women’s Day to all of the women holding themselves and the world together. Literally wouldn’t be here without y’all ( ˘͈ ᵕ ˘͈♡)
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This April I will be entering my second Preptober using the writing blocks I developed from Heart Breathings’ Preptober video. Sarra is actually about to start another Rough Draft Challenge (she does them April, July and November). The way I’ve sorted my writing blocks means I’ll be doing Preptober in April and October, and then…
Keep readingOff the top of my head, I can only name two Brisbane authors: Trent Dalton and Melissa Lucashenko. They tried to shove Tim Winton down my throat in university and so I thought he was also from Brisbane but he’s actually from Perth. The reason for the force-feeding was because Cloudstreet is based in a…
Keep readingAs February closed, so did Editary! (੭˃ᴗ˂)੭ This is the conclusion of the first set of writing blocks since I started them back in last October. I began planning them in September, having the passion re-ignited after watching Heart Breathings’ video on planning for Preptober: How I Prepare To Write A Novel in 30 Days…
Keep readingWhen I first started writing, I had pencils, pens and paper, but by the time I was leaving high school, writing with physical tools became painful for my wrist and I could only get through a couple of pages until I needed to stop. It used to be just me, a pencil and an exercise…
Keep readingI love science-fiction. It’s fantasy but at the other end of the spectrum, technology replacing magic. Recently, I’ve started writing a little bit of science fiction, but the problem is: I don’t know science ( ° ᗜ ° “) I had a very disrupted schooling throughout primary and high school and so missed a lot…
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