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 moreThanks to the Royal Mail track’n’trace system, I have discovered that my memory has arrived. No thanks to Royal Mail, it took quite a bit of reasoned discussion with an unhelpful employee at the Bicester sorting office to persuade them…
Continue readingNot sure exactly how many, but I’m now (again in the hour or so before midnight?!!) another 600ish words further on. More importantly, I have a better idea of what it is that Gunnlaugr wanted Helen to get him from…
Continue readingIt seems that I’m not going to come by a shiny new, powerful computer in the immediate future – one is on the horizon but it’s a tad misty at the mo’ and it’s hard to judge distances… With this…
Continue reading…and there I was fondly imagining I would get to write the 100 words to the 30k mark. In the end, today, I cleaned the house, put in the new shelf to the hifi unit so that the printer now…
Continue readingAfter last week’s wallow into childhood of the Swallows & Amazons, tonight I watched the dvd of Coot Club, from the 1983 BBC series. I love it. A rareity, it’s actually as good twenty years later (my, is it really…
Continue readingI have the best of weeks, writing – in the last hour before midnight each night – a total of near 1500 words, and they are good words to. It gets to Saturday, and I think this is good, I’ll…
Continue reading12 February is coming, and only one question so far. What’s the one thing you want to know about me?
Continue readingcurrently writing: chapter two (of six) current page: 106 current wordcount: 28,404
Continue reading1. You’ve been on several ‘working holidays’ where you do volunteer work as you experience the local culture – how did you first get involved in doing this, and what appeals to you the most about this type of holiday?…
Continue readingCurrently: Answering Question 1 from jordaaner … normal service will resume … eventually! Kelly says here that her questions weren’t very good. I disagree. They are very good. 🙂 I just hope that my answers live up to them! *grins*
Continue readingcurrently writing: chapter two (of six) current page: 104 current wordcount: 28,053
Continue readingcurrently writing: chapter two (of six) current page: 103 current wordcount: 27,579
Continue readingTarget: finish writing chapter two Status: 8,000 of 20,000 By When: end of February Subsequent target: Finish Chapter Three by end of April(??)
Continue readingcurrently writing: chapter two (of six) current page: 102 current wordcount: 27,173
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Continue readingOpen House still here! What one thing would like you know about me? Get your questions in, I’ll answer them on the 12th…
Continue readingThe You in these thoughts is the collective You. You is anyone who’s ever had dreams and ambitions… Is it wrong to be ambitious? No. Where would the world be without ambition? I’m always amazed when I find people (and…
Continue readingI’ve marked in bold those that I have read. I’ve marked in italic those that I tried to read, or only partly read…
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