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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Read more23:16 has reached another milestone in Mr Tumnal’s story… bit.ly/bvAj3l #WritingWeek #writing #MrTumnal # 18:39 is relaxing in the armchair and quietly toasting in front of the wood burner whilst the gloom descends outside… #hibernation # Bleated on behalf of…
Continue reading18:37 has had a nice day. Cleaned out the buns & the chicks before the rain, entertained the ILs, planted ‘erbs, & am now close to finishing ch12. # 19:07 has finished chapter 12. Louis has done it. He’s asked…
Continue readingBeing Good Friday, I wasn’t expecting to get any writing done. Whilst it was still fine, I headed outside after breakfast to clean out the bunnies and the chickies whilst Emma hoovered, and then the inlaws arrived for a cup…
Continue reading08:32 is looking out on a much more spring-like day. Today’s procrastination should be making easter biscuits… *grins* #WritingWeek # 09:13 Haha! Although it does give rise to the new excuse of atoms on the line… bit.ly/9xg40D # 09:21 Hehe!…
Continue readingI woke int day four of my extended Easter holidays and writing week with the kind of sunny morning that I had been hoping for all week. Blue sky and sunshine definitely put in the music for getting up, for…
Continue reading11:35 has just been disturbed from my work in the garage by the BEST news ever. Had to send a photo message of it to Emma… 😉 # 11:40 twitpic.com/1c5blt – The best news ever! 🙂 # 16:01 wonders if…
Continue readingA little more procrastination, a little more productivity! Day Three of my writing week started off in a very similar way as previous days, with a bit of shelf-oiling before I headed back to the garage to sort boxes. It…
Continue reading09:58 has rearranged the books in the book-lined study – *must* do garage… #procrastination or chores? #WritingWeek #MrTumnal # 13:08 has restored order (more or less) to the chaos of the garage. Still have to sort boxes, but at least…
Continue readingAfter a bit of a slow start, I had a productive morning. Mind you, whilst it was productive, it was far from the dream of encasing oneself in a room of book and submerging into a sea of newly written…
Continue readingA quote, hot off the press, so to speak, from Mr Tumnal. One, that I think all my publishing friends will appreciate: ‘The rest of the day was spent trying to get an issue makeup off which is not made…
Continue reading09:07 is thinking, looking out at the weather, that he might have picked the wrong week to have off. # 09:07 : ho humm, at least I can write indoors without feeling guilty… # 21:31 : Writing Week, Day 1…
Continue readingWriting Week, was always going to be filled with a certain amount of procrastination and non-writing. This was further made a certainty, when last week, upon trying and failing to go through into the garage to get hay for the…
Continue reading09:39 loves the idea of Philip Pullman’s book ‘The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ’ bit.ly/2JbGnM # Bleated on behalf of Thomas by LoudTwitter
Continue reading09:49 RT It’s flippin’ fantastic! @106jackfm @AliBooker OMFG! The Guardian reviews @106jackfm Breakfast Show & they’re NICE!! bit.ly/bc9U4L # 14:27 : I do like it when I can send an email along the lines of, yes I can do that…
Continue reading19:46 thanks everyone for humouring him with his shameless plugging. Victory is mine! 🙂 # 22:44 has had a tiring but very successful and productive evening. Print PDF of programme, check. Shopping order, check, Story emailed, check… # Bleated on…
Continue reading14:14 has just asked Harriet Harman to give the #debill a real debate. Please join in and RT bit.ly/bJ3HwF #38degrees #debill # 14:25 has asked my MP to ensure that draconian internet laws are not rushed through parliament. bit.ly/boKmLO #38degrees…
Continue readingA couple of weeks ago, a spot of norovirus wiped out my creativity for a week, and its taken me a while to get back into my writing stride since then. This lunchtime, after a nice chat with Maggie and…
Continue reading09:05 twitpic.com/1a7k07 – You have received a new message # 09:25 twitpic.com/1a7k07 – Apparently its for the underground resevoir to stop waste water from the new building flooding the surrounding d # 21:31 Iceland: geologists warn that a second more…
Continue reading17:41 can play a record number of notes in next week’s concert, and some of them, even in the right order! # 19:27 has just discovered he’s won the lottery! Okay, so its only a very, very small part of…
Continue reading11:24 RT Touch, Don’t just look! @nationaltrust are tearing down the “do not touch” signs with glee at some of our properties bit.ly/97RkSd # 12:37 is watching a large crane being manoevered into place outside my office window # 12:39…
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