Hopfield is Writing

Studying the Craft

  • The First Step after the Edit

    I forgot the most important thing that comes with a full manuscript. The cover page. The dreaded cover page. I know a lot more about cover pages now than I did when they were fifteen, but when I think about… Continue reading

    The First Step after the Edit

  • Sometimes the pain turns us into conquerors

    This can actually be applied to a lot of things when regarding humans, but today I’m just talking about how I’ve managed to edit two chapters of X, and how that only started happening again when I was 6-1-9’d (if… Continue reading

    Sometimes the pain turns us into conquerors

  • I need a nap

    Busy busy busy. That’s how it has been and that’s how it is going to be for a while. Probably until after the “holiday season”. My knees feel like they’re twenty years older than I am, and I just long… Continue reading

    I need a nap

  • Just Making Stuff Up: World-Building (at its most basic level)

    The main basics I cover when starting world-building is: who, what, where, when? Who are the people? What are the people? Where are they living? When is this? Now, let’s break it down a little bit. I’ll explore a bit… Continue reading

    Just Making Stuff Up: World-Building (at its most basic level)

  • The Right-hand Side of the Agenda

    I got my first dose of the Pfizer vaccine last night, and whilst I don’t feel sick, my left arm does feel like it was in a car accident that the rest of me wasn’t in. I’ve had a lot… Continue reading

    The Right-hand Side of the Agenda

  • Destiny’s Child sang it, so we should heed it

    I am a writer (what), I’m not gon’ give up (what)I’m not gon’ stop (what), I’m gon’ work harder (what)I am a writer (what), I’m gonna make it (what)I will write (what), keep on writin’ (what) The beat might be… Continue reading

    Destiny’s Child sang it, so we should heed it

  • I’m gonna need a bigger whiteboard

    Not quite, but I think I have an idea. There are still tasks falling into the “Overdue” section, but I’m also cleaning up more tasks than those falling so it’s looking pretty good this week (cue disaster). BUT, I am… Continue reading

    I’m gonna need a bigger whiteboard

  • The Doll: The Gifting Ceremony [draft scene]

    When it came time for the Gifting Ceremony, a large box was brought in, wrapped in gold paper and tied with white ribbons. Lucian hadn’t touched any of his other gifts but he watched as they brought this one in… Continue reading

    The Doll: The Gifting Ceremony [draft scene]

  • My Old Writing

    Last night, I pulled out a folder to look at my old school photos—my partner and I were talking memories and there was someone I couldn’t remember the name of but my partner couldn’t remember and so I was 100… Continue reading

    My Old Writing

  • 🎵 Do you remember, what was last on the agenda 🎵

    Not quite, but I think I have an idea. There are still tasks falling into the “Overdue” section, but I’m also cleaning up more tasks than those falling so it’s looking pretty good this week (cue disaster). BUT, I am… Continue reading

    🎵 Do you remember, what was last on the agenda 🎵