Edald Hopfield

  • Rini & Butler

    Irene Boggan hated her name and hated her life, much of which she had spent on the streets. She had developed a thick skin, quick hands, and a sense for the inner workings of the human mind, rarely being tricked… Continue reading

    Rini & Butler
  • I HAVE BEEN EDITING

    Yes. You read that correctly. I have actually been editing my work. And it’s like exercising: when I’m doing it, I can’t remember why I’m so resistant to it. I’m still working on the fourth draft of Rini & Butler,… Continue reading

    I HAVE BEEN EDITING
  • Rini & Butler: Butler through Rini

    He’s kind of a weirdo. I can’t tell if he has any interest in the plants or if he seriously only cares for them because it’s for me. But he touches them so gently. His fingers moving over their leaves… Continue reading

    Rini & Butler: Butler through Rini
  • Rini & Butler: Take Aim

    Rini & Butler hit 100 pages. I think this is the fastest and longest that I’ve committed to an extended piece without taking a break. It’s sitting at 129 pages at the moment. 22 August is its birthdate. In the… Continue reading

    Rini & Butler: Take Aim
  • Irene Boggan and AB34918S5

    These are the two central characters of my new project Rini & Butler. The piece really only focuses on the interactions between these two and their development and so there will probably only be brief character sketching of side characters.… Continue reading

    Irene Boggan and AB34918S5
  • Starting ‘Rini & Butler’

    Today. I’m going to start setting up my notebook and writing Rini & Butler (that’s the name I’ve chosen for now). With this piece, I have a few professional/personal development aims that I want to achieve that are outside submitting… Continue reading

    Starting ‘Rini & Butler’
  • A Big Move

    I’ve had some big changes in my life in the last two-to-three years. They are changes for the better but there is still a lot of adjusting that I have been doing and I eventually decided to merge parts of… Continue reading

    A Big Move
  • It has been a humid minute

    The humidity seems to be easing but it is still pretty close to being the thing I like least about living in Brisbane. I’ve been here for about ten years now, and you kinda get used to it but I… Continue reading

    It has been a humid minute
  • Excited for Beltane

    The faucet is trickling, but it’s still pumping water. So far, the hardest thing about having finished a novel is getting to the fourth edit and knowing that it needs a thorough re-write. Not a full re-write per se, but… Continue reading

    Excited for Beltane
  • I forgot to post this (⌒_⌒;)

    I feel like I’ve come leaps and bounds since the last time I wrote here, and it has been a while! ヽ(・∀・)ノ Things have been busy busy and I have been trying to keep up with everything but the more… Continue reading

    I forgot to post this (⌒_⌒;)