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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How would you feel if you discovered you were the imaginary creation of your best friend?
Read moreAmazon are now selling 1GB usb memory sticks for 15 quid or less. I now have one of these. I could have spent even less, but where as those often have caps that get lost and/or broken, this one has…
Continue reading1. Got woken at 3 o’clock this morning by wind – no blustery gales – and I’m sure rain. However later on, the lake outside my house had gone down a bit, so I don’t know. At the Green Road…
Continue readingIt has come to my attention that there was error in a recent entry to this journal: I can’t help thinking it’s Tuesday 9th January 2007 11:03pm http://shepline.livejournal.com/424244.html It was stated in Section 4 of the article, that ‘the Divinity…
Continue reading1. Bella lost her collar again last night. Only a week after the last one, so of course that’s another £10 for that and a name tag… 2. Went swimming after work today, and doing 36 lengths in a not…
Continue readingWell, I managed this last year, had some fun doing it (yes, really!) and it did keep me swimming 🙂 so I’m going to do it again. Same distance (because I’m not that silly!) but I will try and beat…
Continue readingMy story has been too complicated. Working through the reasons that Ódinn/Gyrdir/Gunnlaugr needs for the the story to work out, it actually is much simpler that you might think. What does Gunnlaugr want? He has been cast-out of his world…
Continue readingAnyone living in the UK will of course be aware that, following the days of fog pre-Christmas, we have been treated to days of rain post-Christmas. It has, to put it simply, been very wet. So wet in fact that…
Continue readingIn trying to figure out how I need chapter six to go, I have read through Part Two again – aurora_floyd I appologise! How could I force you to read such a disorganised mess. Don’t get me wrong, there is…
Continue reading1. It’s been a grotty day today. It has rained pretty much all day, and I went into Oxford today with hope that I might find something and in the end spent nothing. Which is I guess good, but on…
Continue readingFlicking between radio stations on the way to work in the dark and the wet this morning, I stumbled upon BBC Oxford – yes, yes, I know, how could I even think about stooping so low…?!! Anyway I heard an…
Continue reading1. The new spam filter software that my webhosts have just implemented is fantastic. Where I would normally be receiving bagfulls of the stuff, now I just get one easily consumable digest email which gives me the opportunity to release…
Continue readingSo, Little Chef have called in the receivers – it’s hardly surprising really when you think about it. The truth is people don’t stop at Little Chefs any more; not like they used to. Time was, when you were off…
Continue reading1. …and the holidays are over. 2. Today was another glorious, sunny day in the forest and we went a good walk up Chilly Hill, and along the ridge and back down round Pitt’s Wood. On the way back up…
Continue reading1. …and the holidays are over. 2. Today was another glorious, sunny day in the forest and we went a good walk up Chilly Hill, and along the ridge and back down round Pitt’s Wood. On the way back up…
Continue readingHelen recently posted a list of ambitions and things she would like to achieve for the year ahead, the large part of which seemed to ring true for my own ambitions, so I’ve nabbed them, and ammended them for my…
Continue readingHelen recently posted a list of ambitions and things she would like to achieve for the year ahead, the large part of which seemed to ring true for my own ambitions, so I’ve nabbed them, and ammended them for my…
Continue readingThe morning after the night before, and it was clear and sunny, and not all that cold… The Latchmoor Lake Originally uploaded by shepline on 1 Jan ’07, 3.25pm GMT PST. Fungi Originally uploaded by shepline on 1 Jan ’07,…
Continue reading1. Bit of a giggle today. The Observer had my stars for next year printed. What can I make of this then…? Gemini 21 May-20 Jun ‘Don’t Fence Me In’, a song written by a Gemini (Cole Porter), makes a…
Continue readingWe went to the seaside today, down at Christchurch, and Ben had a ride on the train down through the estuary to the beach huts. Fleeing from the rain a couple of hours later, we came home to hibernate in…
Continue readingToday has been a day for hibernating. I find myself alternating between reading my stack of books that I got given earlier in the week, to having a brain wave and working on my novel. I’m struggling at the moment…
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