Mr Tumnal

Everyone has an idea of their ideal family. Not everyone’s become real

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About me

Derbyshire born. Suffolk bred. Lives in the shires.

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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  The Imaginary Wife

The Imaginary Wife

How would you feel if you discovered you were the imaginary creation of your best friend?

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Two drafts connect

48 pages down, and version two of Blood & Fire has connected again with version 1 for the last run up to Helen being found. The Helen bits of the story from now on will be changing – because she’s…

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Two drafts connect

48 pages down, and version two of Blood & Fire has connected again with version 1 for the last run up to Helen being found. The Helen bits of the story from now on will be changing – because she’s…

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New Image Gallery (now availble)

With code thanks to tinyjo (available here), and a bit of manual tweeking on my part to set the layout style and fiddle with a few login bugs, the database driven image gallery is now working and available for viewing…

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The end of the beginning?

I’m enjoying being back in the driving seat of creativity. I’ve been working through where I’m at in Blood & Fire and remembering what sorrowthorn and myself talked about at the weekend. It’s been useful. I know where I’m up…

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The end of the beginning?

I’m enjoying being back in the driving seat of creativity. I’ve been working through where I’m at in Blood & Fire and remembering what sorrowthorn and myself talked about at the weekend. It’s been useful. I know where I’m up…

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The age of my inner child…

My inner child is ten years old! The adult world is pretty irrelevant to me. Whether I’m off on my bicycle (or pony) exploring, lost in a good book, or giggling with my best friend, I live in a world…

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Where have I been?

Long time, no see on these pages I hear you cry – well I’ve been around – just mainly commenting in other people’s journals, hanging around in the newly formed , and as readers filtered to receive m ramblings about…

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Adventures in Estonia: Day 11

Emotional Farewells and Fond Memories Day 11. 6 August 2003 Wednesday. Bed at 2am, I wake at 8 after an interruption at 6 when Shaun leaves without so much as a goodbye leaving his lunchbox behind for us to remember…

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Adventures in Estonia: Day 10

The Crazy Gang At Large in Tallinn (reprise) Day 10. 5 August 2003 Tuesday. Today I lie in to the grand ol’ hour of 8 o’clock. I’ve slept well — having settled surprisingly well back into the comfort of beds…

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Adventures in Estonia: Day 9

Amber Shops and Elevants Day 9. 4 August 2003 Monday. Wake at 0700 hours. Seleft reasonably well last night despite the 2am-ish finish of the Truth or Dare and the cold feet in the early hours of Monday dawn. I…

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Shepline: The Movie…

( well, at least the sitcom…?!! ) My LiveJournal Sitcom plate and motorcycle (TBS, 10:30): shepline (Kate Beckinsale) and oxfordslacker (Vincent Price) don’t believe in Scientology. Soon afterwards, tinyjo (Chloe Sevigny) buys a wheelbarrow from writing_101 (Ellen DeGeneres). Then, moonglade…

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