Rini & Butler

  • Meet Rini

    Meet Rini 🏃‍➡️🐦‍⬛🌳✂️🌃 Rini’s lived on the streets for what feels like the better part of her life. In her early teens, she’s reached the point where she’d rather live alone than under the thumb of another. Always one word… Continue reading

    Meet Rini
  • Preptober Finished! Writvember Begins! And a Re-Introduction

    Hi there! I’m Edald Hopfield ヾ(^∇^) I’ve just finished Preptober, preparing myself for a month of drafting Dual Wielding: Blade’s Gauntlet as the new cycle comes in. I am also running another “writing retreat” in my lounge room for the… Continue reading

    Preptober Finished! Writvember Begins! And a Re-Introduction
  • Editary Done: Rini & Butler V.6

    As 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’… Continue reading

    Editary Done: Rini & Butler V.6
  • Editary Update

    Editary is the word that I use for “Edit February”. It doesn’t sound as nice as “Preptober” and “Writvember” but it’s as good as I could make it. And how is it going? Smoothly (૭ 。•̀ ᵕ •́。 )૭ For… Continue reading

    Editary Update
  • 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

    A Writing Retreat; from the Desk to the Lounge Room
  • 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

    Current Work in Progress; and it’s Actually Only One!
  • An Editing Process Chat /ᐠ – ˕-マ。˚ᶻ 𝗓

    It’s always a bit of a surprise to me that I still don’t know what my ideal process for anything creative is. It might have to do with my nature, which is likely not as “fickle” as I once thought… Continue reading

    An Editing Process Chat /ᐠ – ˕-マ。˚ᶻ 𝗓
  • The Fourth Edit is Done.

    Rini & Butler has been edited for the fourth time. Right now, as it is, there’s not much more I can do for it. I need it looked over by another editor who can catch anything I can no longer… Continue reading

    The Fourth Edit is Done.
  • 40 Pages Left to Edit

    I only have forty pages left in the fourth edit of Rini & Butler! Woohoo! Granted, they are the pages where I need to do the most work, but I’m now so close to finishing the edit that I’m really… Continue reading

    40 Pages Left to Edit