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 moreHave just been for a leisurely wander round Oxford – and even though I had my camera with me I didn’t take any photos. It seemed a bit hot for taking photos – is that possible? Thought about buying a…
Continue readingYes, that’s right grapefruitmoon, it’s your birthday!! May I be the first it say it? (so I’m cheating with the timezone thing…)
Continue readingFinally, the fourth and final of the expressive systems has been launched onto this site and you can hear the sound of shepline. Can you reist?
Continue readingBeach henge Originally uploaded by Jim Davies on 20 Aug ’05, 12.17am PST. There were lots of long, finger shaped stones on this beach… Standing stones…
Continue reading‘t Zonnetje, Haarlemmerbuurt Originally uploaded by cloud_less on 2 Sep ’05, 10.42am PST. Photo by Kelly Atkinson I wanna see these sights for myself!
Continue readingLate last night my watch battery died. This morning I got up at quarter to eleven, breakfasted at quarter to eleven, went to the post office at quarter to eleven. I even picked up my prescription from the chemist at…
Continue readingIn the last five days, I have written 3,845 words, and the novel is on fire. I can feel the story burning through my veins again, and it feels good. I love it when it happens like this… Current wordcount:…
Continue readingI sent a chasing email to one of my author’s for him to return his proof corrections for a couple of paper’s he’s currently got going in one of my journals. I got a very nice email back from him…
Continue readingTwice now in as many weeks I have seen other driver’s on the A34 (possibly one of the busiest non-motorway artorial routes in the country) driving along with ear phones in. And I’m not just talking about a single ear…
Continue readingIt might be that I have cooled off since cooking my Shepherd’s Pie – tasty as it was really not the most practical of things to be cooking on a hot humid evening considering that you have to boil the…
Continue readingApparently there are a number of people landing on my friends page because Thomas Jefferson’s home [has been] damaged by Katrina. And I thought she was such a nice girl… One of You, yes You, dear friends has written about…
Continue readingThe Management would like to appologise for readers of these pages who are avidly awaiting the next installment of Mr shepline‘s Romanian Adventures. Future installments have been momentarily delayed by recent developements concerning The Work, for which you might read…
Continue readingRight! A while back rachel2205 and myself started this nice little community going for the odd snippets of stories, sometimes long, sometimes short, just amusing, occasionally thought provoking bits of words. Then, as suddenly as it arrived on the stage,…
Continue readingIt’s kind of fitting that on my first weekend back in the writers’ seat, that I pass the 10,000 word mark for chapter four, which leaves me with about a third to go before I can get stuck into the…
Continue readingRussell Edgeware is single and works in a 9 till 5 office job with little in the way of prospects. That is, that is how his co-workers see him. When Russell arrives at the office Christmas party, his friends realise…
Continue readingReturning at last to Blood & Fire I managed 972 words yesterday, which, considering with the exception of one day in July I haven’t written anything to it since 30 May is not, I reckon, too bad. There are some…
Continue readingThankfully, today, I spent some time cutting back this summer’s growth from the budlea, and a bit of lopping of some of the longer shoots from the wisteria. This meant that I had to fetch the brown garden bin from…
Continue readingwarning – brainstorming ahead – possible spoilers contained within It has been bothering me a while that when it comes to the ‘final conflict’ in Blood & Fire, however it’s occurred to me whilst making my Icelandic-inspired fried fish in…
Continue readingWhat was it that Hannah was going to write. She is alone in the school building at Hólar – Ben and Bjäkk are off somewhere researching their scientific theories – and she is about to write something. Something, as far…
Continue readingDo you remember me saying that was writing a novel? Bloody Fire I think it was called – no wait – Blood and Fire. Yes, that was it, do you remember? It’s all coming back to me now … I…
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