Edald Hopfield
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Camp Hobbit 2025
I love throwing seasonal events and am always looking for an excuse to do so. My last major event was last Beltane: Camp Hobbit. It tested my planning and creation abilities, as well as my patience. The theme was “Hobbit”… Continue reading
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Entering The Caves of Steel
1st November 2025 Bookmark: Chapter 3 Baley has just met up with Daneel and there’s an incident going on at a shoe shop. I don’t like Baley and I don’t love the writing. I also am not fond of the… Continue reading
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Like Gems Being Tumbled. Like Gems Being Tumbled.
‘Like gems being tumbled,’ I whisper to myself, the edge of the sob creasing my words. ‘Like gems being tumbled.’ At some point it just has to end, right? Right?! (ᵕ • ᴗ •) Continue reading
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Polymer Clay Project: Beginner Here
Quantity over quality is a bad habit I developed from growing up poor. We never had a lot and money was scarce and so it became normal to pick cheap versions of items or food and just keep buying that… Continue reading
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Writing Tools: Study With Me (Body Doubling)
Before I knew what it was called “body doubling”, I was using “study with me” videos on YouTube to help me study and write. I bought it in September 2024, not long after it was first released and I have… Continue reading
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From Asimov: Humiliation Kink?
I don’t like the main character of The Caves of Steel but it has become a joy following him along him stumbles and a nightmare watching him get close to growth and then reverting. Baley is by no means the… Continue reading
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A Writing Retreat; from the Desk to the Lounge Room
In November, I wrote the sixth iteration of Rini & Butler. In the last stretch of the month, the last three days, I wrote 20,000 words and finished it just on time (ᴗ͈`ヮ´ᴗ͈) Planning for the writing retreat was exhilarating.… Continue reading
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Self-Structured Learning: Language & Mathematics
My sister and I started a self-study journey a couple of years ago. Though life has constantly gotten into the way, in the last couple of months we’ve greatly improved the foundations of this long term commitment. We had interrupted… Continue reading
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A Favourite Writing Tip: Make it Messy (ﾉ´ヮ`)ﾉ*: ･ﾟ
Writing advice comes “a dime a dozen”, whether it’s from teachers, peers or social media, but only so much of it actually sticks. Not everything will work for you and the real skill is figuring out what does and how… Continue reading
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Current Work in Progress; and it’s Actually Only One!
This project is almost seven/eight years in the making. When they say that a book might take a decade to write, they mean it. Some people can turn them around in a year or two these days but my projects… Continue reading
