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 moreSlowly Erik draws his weapon and passes it across to Helen. She takes it, and pulls the blade back across her palm, slicing her skin, and watches as blood ebbs out. “Helen no!” Ben leaps forward and pulls the dagger…
Continue readingBella destroyed her collar yesterday and left it for me on the kitchen floor – c/o the pet aisle of the supermarket, she now has this funky silver sparkling number which apparently also keeps any fleas at bay… Sparkly Bella…
Continue readingDespite my best efforts, and getting up at a reasonable time both on Saturday and Sunday, it seems thawt I am not going to finish The Novel this weekend. Thawt’s not to say that I am not close. Very close….
Continue readingWell it’s been a hard day you know. And at the end of a hard day, there’s nothing better than to curl up on a comfortable sofa with the one you love… Togetherness Originally uploaded by shepline on 9 Sep…
Continue readingBella and Arthur went out on their own for a bit this afternoon. Had a good rummage round the back of the shed (hope they didn’t disturb Edwig The Hedgehog), nipped over the fence; had a good play in next…
Continue readingI was on fire last night! In excess of 1000 words written, and smashed through the six figure mark – I have just started work on the penultimate chapter. Plus, I’ve just discovered another important detail as to how it…
Continue reading“And it’s down to me,” Helen looks up, her eyes bright and blue. She is firm and decided, “I have to finish what I started.” 100,146 / 100,000(100.1%) Okay, well I did always say that the hundred thousand thing was…
Continue reading“I know that you say you are Gunnlaugr,” answers Hanna, equally determined, “And I know that Gunnlaugr is simply a corruption of Gangleri. Gangleri the walk-weary?” Gunnlaugr laughs off Hanna’s words. He gathers his companions together and takes a step…
Continue readingWhen snugglebunnyjm asked me about Project Nelly, this set me thinking about a publisher’s rejection note that aurora_floyd got sent recently. It’s so utterly, completely wrong that publisher’s need there to be a story in an author’s life that make’s…
Continue readingThis post from a little under a year ago, just about sums things up.
Continue readingSo I finally heard what is what with my job interview today. Apparently I gave a good interview, and I impressed them, and I would have fitted in well with the team, and my skills were good, but… And yes,…
Continue readingThere are some harsh critics out there on YouWriteOn. I think I’ve only had one where they’ve loved it… The main problem I have with this story is that there is too much tell and no show. Ben this, Finnur…
Continue readingYou thought it would be easy wouldn’t you, to download Írafár’s new, self-titled album and sync it to my trusty iRiver…? Not, when Windows Media Player decides to lock up and refuse to alter the library. Much swearing later, and…
Continue readingHappy birthday Sonja! Congratulations on your quarter century. Now, just for you, your own meme… 25 things that make you happy Skull!
Continue readingI’ve just killed an innocent bus load of people in that were in the path of the jökulhlaup, and Ódin is crossing the Bifrost. Need I say any more…? 98,130 / 100,000(98.1%)
Continue readingHaven’t done one of these for a while, so thought it might be time an update. And yes, here be surprises… 😉
Continue readingThe ‘second in command’, so to speak, is called Aðli (pronounced Ath-li), but in my novel the guy in charge is called variously Fréon and Finnur. I like them both, but obviously I have to standardise on one name but…
Continue readingThanks to Helen I now have a copy of my YouWriteOn reading test. I can’t remember how many of you have read any of my novel, but I’m going to give this a go. Try answering my reading test and…
Continue readingI’ve had my second reading test failure on my work at YouWriteOn, which surprises me because if anything I thought my questions were too easy. Would someone with an account over there mind going in far enough into the review…
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