Edald Hopfield
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#AuthorAugust26 | Day 3: Main Character Monday: Rini
Rini is one of the two central characters for my novel Rini & Butler, releasing October 2026. Rini is about twelve-years-old and lives in the middle of a small mountain wedged into the side of an Australian city that’s forgot… Continue reading
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#AuthorAugust26 | Day 2: Tell Us About Your Book
Rini & Butler is a mild science-fiction novel that asks the question: what happens when an android actually considers the literal meaning of its core laws? He runs away, steals an umbrella and picks up an Australian accent, of course.… Continue reading
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#AuthorAugust26 | Day 1: Introduce Yourself
Hello there, I’m Edald Hopfield and I write fantasy and sci-fi from Meanjin|Brisbane Australia! I enjoy a wide variety of hobbies and so we’ll likely have at least one thing in common! I’m fumbling my way around this platform a… Continue reading
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Oh wow, I almost can’t believe I’ve done this
Though I have experience in the publishing industry, it feels like forever ago and I never self-published anything. Doing it now, I’m often fretting about not knowing how it will go for a first time publish. This means I occasionally… Continue reading
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“I’m going on an adventure!”
It’s on its way Rini & Butler is ready for release, October 31st 2026! I’m so dang excited. I honestly don’t have a lot of words to describe it, just tonnes of emotion ₍₍⚞(˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶)⚟⁾⁾ It will be available… Continue reading
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Rini & Butler, Coming Soon
I’ve been sick over the last week and so I’ve been using that time to get as much groundwork laid for Rini & Butler‘s release in October! Fortunately, my couple of years in the publishing industry has helped me along… Continue reading
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I didn’t agree to July being next week (ᵕ—ᴗ—)
In the last week of July, I’ll be on the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail (BVRT) and so I need to hit my beats within three weeks. This means I need to hard wrap up my unfinished work from June …… Continue reading
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SNttT: Volume 1 in Progress
The first drafts of Say Nope to the Trope (SNttT) Volume 1 are halfway done. Ideally, I ant all of them complete by the end of June but you know, life happens. The first drafts won’t be released here (they’re… Continue reading
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Butler on Rini
Current data on Rini: 01001100 01101111 01100001 01100100 01101001 01101110 01100111 Translated Interpretation. She falls in the lower percentiles of weight and height for her age, if her memory of it is to be trusted. Both factors are linked to… Continue reading
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Writing Update: June 2026
We’re about midway through June—Yule is coming much faster than I anticipated—and I am still working on getting the first draft of Blade’s Gauntlet finished( ° ᗜ ° “). At the same time, I’m also working on the first drafts… Continue reading