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18:52 is updating his and Emma’s tree. # 19:23 : 970 names and counting… # 19:49 : 987 and still counting… # Bleated on behalf of Thomas by LoudTwitter
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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 more18:52 is updating his and Emma’s tree. # 19:23 : 970 names and counting… # 19:49 : 987 and still counting… # Bleated on behalf of Thomas by LoudTwitter
Continue reading20:49 is playing scrabble. Real scrabble; not on the computer or anything… # 20:52 is wondering, if I order a book now and its not delivered untill February, can I still say I’ve not bought a book in January? #…
Continue reading09:21 is fearful. *quakes nervously* # 09:42 is wondering what he was so worried about?! I’m now encouraged and enthused and wanting more! #writing #MrTumnal #reviews # 10:58 RT Hrmm, interesting… @guardiantech How to publish your own book online â…
Continue readingWay back, last summer, when I was still embarking on Mr Tumnal’s curious story, Jane pointed me in the direction of two excellent quotations, or epitaphs to my story. The first from J.K.Rowling: “Of course it is happening inside your…
Continue reading10:29 : 100yr ago today; death of Thomas Crapper: Victorian plumber & inventor who revolutionised toilets bit.ly/aJM0mq /via @nationaltrust # 11:52 continues to break things, and rebuild them in a better, cleaner form… 🙂 # 12:19 “Any fool can make…
Continue readingI had a dream last night which was alarming, inspiring and impossible all at the same time. I had obviously sent an early draft of my novel to Ros to read, which I haven’t, I’ve sent it to Jane (so…
Continue reading09:40 keeps on trying to write Primate Conversation. Damn those letter switchings…! 😉 # 21:30 has found a whole knew tranche of Leckie’s on genesreunited. Good things! 🙂 # 22:07 is making excellent progress. 13473 words down; only 66527 to…
Continue readingAfter a long period of silence I’m making excellent progress on The NovelTM, and having great fun getting into the mind of the man who married his imaginary friend. I’m loving how his two lives, the real, solitary one, and…
Continue reading14:29 : for anyone who’s tried to share a bed with a cat – bit.ly/6cuAaP /via @ratsinabag # 14:33 : would readers please turn off their phone… www.offbeatearth.com/quiet-at-the-library/ /via @ratsinabag # 20:38 has just had a yummy haggis, neeps and…
Continue reading18:30 has had a very nice walk from Candleford to Larkrise, and will later on, be settling down to watch ‘Juniper Hill to Cottisford’ on the tele # 19:45 is discovering the real Lark Rise: www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/4861883.Real_Lark_Rise/ # Bleated on behalf…
Continue reading20:01 has not written as much as I had intended to this afternoon. I’ve still written *some* though, which is good. # Bleated on behalf of Thomas by LoudTwitter
Continue reading23:15 twitpic.com/z4hoc – I sent @janerawson the first 7 chapters of my new novel. She loaded it onto her Kindle… # 23:17 twitpic.com/z4hzv – and it looks kind of neat… # 23:19 twitpic.com/z4ifb – I think I might be officially…
Continue readingI sent Jane the first 7 chapters of my new novel, Mr Tumnal, to have a read of. She loaded it onto her Kindle… …and it looks kind of neat… …I think I might be officially jealous. I want a…
Continue reading09:09 RT Only upload small, 72dpi copies I guess… @Mbwamwitu Digital thieves swipe your photos and profit from them tinyurl.com/6rsvd3 # 12:54 is eating a stash free food for lunch. And all for answering a couple of really easy questions…
Continue reading08:56 is seeing definate large snow fall, if amongst the rain. That’s Headington for you… # 09:29 RT Before you hate the snow, read this. Perspective anyone? @106jackfm Snow uh oh: Sue’s Colum in the Oxford Mail today bit.ly/681rcx #…
Continue reading10:12 wants to make a real spaghetti bolognese… news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8467045.stm # 20:23 has a working cd player in his laptop, thanks to the man from Dell and a 5 year old warranty… # 22:08 is Wheeee!!!!! …12080 words down. Mr Tumnal’s…
Continue reading15:14 has just remembered it was 10 years ago that I first encountered the refc deliminator. Can’t recall why it was so important though…? # 15:17 would like to know what you first encountered 10 years ago (see twitter.com/shepline/status/7906943716) #…
Continue readingChapter 7 of Mr Tumnal’s story sees his two lives coming together. Does he live in a house with wife Amanda and daughter Sarah, or a flat by himself? And what hold does the misterious Miss Leroy have on him?…
Continue reading23:14 : story of a man who just happens to be an aspie but for whom aspergers is not the story… tinyurl.com/y8a4kcn #aspergers #autism # 09:06 : fear is being in a house with 6 hungry cats. Well, if you…
Continue reading08:33 is looking out on a soggy, bedraggled garden. Whatever happened to the crisp, clean lines of snow of yesterday? # 19:48 is 10,467 words down. That’s about 1/8th of Mr Tumnal’s curious story… # Bleated on behalf of Thomas…
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