Edald Hopfield
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The Mail is Late
I love mail. Parcels, letters and junk mail. Well, I don’t get junk mail anymore, but as a kid, it was like window-shopping. We loved to pretend that we could have anything we wanted and would circle all of the… Continue reading
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August
I woke up late today, and my neck hurts. Was it my pillow? Was it because I slept in? Was it because I stared at a TV and computer screen all day yesterday? Who knows. It’s just made me think… Continue reading
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Wrap it up and toss it
This week was a rollercoaster, but despite that, I did get writing done. And it WAS AMAZING. There’s nothing greater than when you have those hours of writing unhindered. You don’t think too much and your hands just fly as… Continue reading
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My “office” is almost complete
Putting up a new bookshelf is always a good time—unless you actually have a bad time putting it together—and seeing the space fill up and spotting all of the gaps where I’ll get to buy more and put more up… Continue reading
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“Just Making Stuff Up”: Character Depth (the surface)
JUST A REMINDER: this is a lot of my own writing process, and may not reflect the process of other writers. Art never has a manual when it comes to the way everyone does it, and so don’t let people… Continue reading
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The First Glow
There’s something about the first glow of the morning, where everything looks like a shadow as the spill of warm hues begin to push back the cool colours of dawn. And sometimes you see dots of light, as street lamps… Continue reading
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Characters Over Stories
Sometimes, I think there are projects that I start where I prefer one aspect over the other. I really love creating characters, sketching them and writing some scenes and sometimes not even really writing up a story around them, just… Continue reading
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Here’s your feed reminder to write!
I have most of the day to myself and so I’m looking to make some real progress before my work week starts back up. At some point today I do have to sacrifice some of that writing time to do… Continue reading
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The Week Felt Good
This week just past felt good. It felt a lot calmer than previous, and I actually have an open weekend to look forward to. I have some story ideas to get out and perhaps file before I move on to… Continue reading
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My Relationship with the Romance Genre: It’s Complicated
I’ve always grown up disliking the romance genre, and it kinda became a habit. I didn’t mind reading romance in other genres, but despised anything where the girl’s focus was that boy—where the first one is usually a prick—and so… Continue reading
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