Mr Tumnal

Everyone has an idea of their ideal family. Not everyone’s become real

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About me

Derbyshire born. Suffolk bred. Lives in the shires.

T E Shepherd is an author/illustrator. He writes magic realism set in our, or closely-related, worlds. His debut novel, The End Of All Worlds, was released in 2012. His second novel, and the first in the Imaginary Friends trilogy, Mr Tumnal, was published in 2014. The second in the series, The Imaginary Wife, was published in 2018, and he's currently working on the final instalment, Forgotten Friends. He is also a landscape artist, and is currently working on a project with Erica Smith aka. the Bookshop Blogger to illustrate his way round the country to produce The Booklover's Guide to Bookshops. You can find out about upcoming releases by following on Twitter, liking on Facebook, or by joining the mailing list.

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  The Imaginary Wife

The Imaginary Wife

How would you feel if you discovered you were the imaginary creation of your best friend?

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Wed, 14:48: I do like a good thunderstorm! Wed, 21:23: So Abingdon throw buns… Bicester fire anvils with gunpowder! Which is the harder town? #jubilee #celebrations

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Tue, 13:23: Secrets Of Amazon MetaData From #1 Amazon Bestseller Mark Edwards http://t.co/9LZatcKH Tue, 15:38: @scifiwritermom Sent the free sample of your book to my Kindle already! More about me: http://t.co/hCkUBt8O & my book: http://t.co/uBYU6581 Tue, 16:03: 4 Reasons You…

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Sun, 22:57: I’m #reading The Hairy Bikers’ Big Book of Baking…. by Dave Myers http://t.co/0mVzCuhY

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Fri, 15:46: No matter how weird you are, there is a reader base for you. http://t.co/RpFgc1Uv via @GriffithPublish Fri, 16:10: Blog Update and a new Home! Also, a BIG giveaway! http://t.co/Rw9QX8Ml via @mastbrat Fri, 22:01: is, apparently, currently ranked at…

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Thu, 18:36: In print… http://t.co/YeHyb9Z8 Thu, 20:31: #TheEndOfAllWorlds receives its 2nd 5-star review: “Fantasy with an icy twist” http://t.co/JwiiIUQ8 #reviews #fantasy #kindle #climatechange Thu, 22:55: has done it. I’ve approved the paperback edition of #TheEndOfAllWorlds. Coming to an amazon site…

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The Indie Experiment #2: Weirdness!

I’ve always had that dream of receiving the first box of books delivered, hot off the press, and straight from the publishers, and imagined what it would feel like to open it up and suddenly have the books revealed inside….

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Wed, 21:01: RT @goodreads “I can’t write without a reader. It’s precisely like a kiss—you can’t do it alone.” http://t.co/297OEt1Y #quoteoftheday Thu, 07:36: …after two glorious days off, I’m thinking a nice cycle into to the work away-day should ease…

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Tue, 22:37: sees that #TheEndOfAllWorlds has sold its first US copy. Anyone else want to give it a read? http://t.co/AeDWAkIL Wed, 09:01: Small, round, thin and sweet, rolled up with sugar or filled with jam and cream. Icelandic pancakes! http://t.co/8YxXHxWS…

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Mon, 15:05: is eating cake! 🙂 Mon, 18:11: is on mini-holiday! The sun is shining, the temperature is rising, just like I ordered…! Mon, 20:21: Yay! I’ve managed to resolve my small glitch with an epub file and a missing…

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Sat, 14:29: Marketing Your Way To A #1 Amazon Bestseller With Rachel Abbott http://t.co/ohIL514h Sat, 15:41: Baby steps… slowly but surely there is hope… Hitting the Amazon #1 Spot : The Marketing Plan http://t.co/9lTcSC8L \via @rachel__abbott Sat, 17:00: Selling Self-Published…

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Fri, 12:17: Book Review #26: The Quiet American – Graham Greene http://t.co/kF6cYaLS via @elenchera Fri, 12:38: The Indie Experiment: Publication Day http://t.co/WKY80NWT via @shepline Fri, 12:59: Book Review #28: The Lovely Bones http://t.co/z35M0czn via @elenchera Fri, 13:20: Book Review #27:…

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Thu, 15:15: is geekily pleased to discover that after only a few short hours #TheEndOfAllWorlds is at #24 in the #kindle #fairytales store Thu, 15:17: …and at #34 in the #MythsandFairyTales of the whole of #AmazonUK! #TheEndOfAllWorlds #newbooks #Iceland Thu,…

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The Indie Experiment: Publication Day

Today has not been my birthday; its not been an un-birthday; but it has been my book’s birthday. When I first visited Iceland in the summer of 2001 I fell in love with the landscape, the people, the history, the…

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Wed, 19:24: RT @MichaelRosenYes: Listen bankers,you can force govts to stop spending money but all it will do is make people poorer’n’ sicker.It won … Wed, 19:24: RT @MichaelRosenYes: The difference between debt and a hot potato is that when…

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Tue, 19:51: is getting back to the widows, orphans, kerning and leading… #preparingforpublication #TheEndOfAllWorlds Tue, 22:48: is close… #preparingforpublication #TheEndOfAllWorlds http://t.co/uBYYDF8V Wed, 07:33: 32% done with Someone Else’s Fairytale, by Emily Mah Tippetts http://t.co/JwSd3Gqb

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Mon, 17:47: Not just an eBook anymore… #UnderhillButtons http://t.co/9LNuu2fR Mon, 20:52: is typesetting. Oh the joys of widows and orphans and kerning… #preparingforpublication

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Sun, 18:05: wonders Horton cum Studley agm controversy was? More drama than ep of #TheArchers judging by what we overheard in @NGSOpenGardens tea shed! Sun, 19:03: Yeah right?!? Looks like flapjack, lights like flapjack… #bbq http://t.co/KhToFO8y Sun, 20:20: First #bbq…

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Thu, 16:21: wonders if you can have reasonings, ie. the plural of reasoning? #oed #spelling Fri, 10:18: A cloud dragon? Only in Iceland! Photo taken by Melissa, UK Marketing Manager, last night https://t.co/pniYv9RB \via @IceFarm @Icelandair

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Wed, 21:32: You’ve seen the illustrations http://t.co/f8IJc1ft You’ve listened to the playlist http://t.co/t3cUWPR0 Are you ready for #TheEndOfAllWorlds

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