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It’s those cakes again… …this should give the hoards quiet if but for a bit…
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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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Read moreIt’s those cakes again… …this should give the hoards quiet if but for a bit…
Continue readingWell, decorating done, home page done, novel under way and (ditto) the chelsea buns for Thursday ooh work colleagues are sooo demanding when it comes to birthday cakes… Just time then to post some photo’s of the new (pistachio…
Continue readingOver the weekend (amongst the aforementioned novel writing, baking and decorating) I successfully managed to update my home page ( here ) to valid XHTML Strict. The problem is, is if I comply with the XHTML DTD, Netscape won’t display…
Continue readingApparently… You’re Tigger. Playful and fun-loving, you enjoy hanging out with friends even though you don’t always have to be the center of attention. You’re never pessimistic or sluggish. Your enthusiasm is at once endearing and over-the-top. You’re the quintessential…
Continue readingI am tempted to enter the world of broadband internet connection, so that I can be online for longer and faster… Currently all my tele-communications come from OneTel (that’s internet, landline, and mobile) – internet being on the as much…
Continue readingAlmost at the point of crying out to tinyjo for more CSS help to do with inline images here I have pleased myself by solving the problem all on my own. And now I have converted the entire about section…
Continue readingThanks to tinyjo both my links pages (both relevant and irrelvant) are now live as valid and strict XHTML 1. There are still some problems with the javascript drop-down menu system (mainly in netscape) but this seems to be with…
Continue readingAfter a little bit of confusion and much tweaking to the file and brain alike I have managed to convert my ( irrelevant links ) page into Strict XHTML 1.0 that parses! My first DTD-valid page!! Yippee!!! (…something curious has…
Continue readingA conversation tonight with my Icelandic cousin, Elva Brá – studying in England at the moment: Thomas says: …but then I shall write more to my novel Thomas says: I’ve been doing quite well recently… Elva says: Hmmmm, not sure…
Continue readingA conversation tonight with my Icelandic cousin, Elva Brá – studying in England at the moment: Thomas says: …but then I shall write more to my novel Thomas says: I’ve been doing quite well recently… Elva says: Hmmmm, not sure…
Continue readingThey’ve started building (a new gym?) next door to us on the business park and they’ve got this big tall machine thing with some kind of huge weight attached, which they drop down into a hole in the ground. It’s…
Continue readingJust as I was about to leave for work this morning I had a phone call from my mum to let me know that my Gran has died last night. I’m now in a strange, mixed-up mood of sadness…
Continue readingI’ve changed the name of Ben and Helen’s cousin. I’ve never really been completely happy with Gerður – it has a nice meaning for me but it doesn’t sound right. So she’s now called Hanna Katla – Hanna Katla Baldursdóttir.
Continue readingI’ve changed the name of Ben and Helen’s cousin. I’ve never really been completely happy with Gerður – it has a nice meaning for me but it doesn’t sound right. So she’s now called Hanna Katla – Hanna Katla Baldursdóttir.
Continue readingTuesday is my day for swimming. It’s also my day for shopping. I live in Bicester (north of Oxford) but the pool that I like is in Abingdon (south of Oxford). This is okay because I work in Oxford. If…
Continue readingTuesday is my day for swimming. It’s also my day for shopping. I live in Bicester (north of Oxford) but the pool that I like is in Abingdon (south of Oxford). This is okay because I work in Oxford. If…
Continue readingBen quickens his pace, sidestepping past his parents, aunt and uncle, along the kerb stones to draw alongside his cousin. With the cord wrapped several times round his fist he grips the duffle sports bag by the nylon fabric. About…
Continue readingBen quickens his pace, sidestepping past his parents, aunt and uncle, along the kerb stones to draw alongside his cousin. With the cord wrapped several times round his fist he grips the duffle sports bag by the nylon fabric. About…
Continue readingI did manage to get one measily paragraph written last night before I went to bed… It was the lead up to the more upbeat conversation between Ben and his father, which in turn leads to Ben going off on…
Continue readingWell it’s done. Well, when I say done I mean half done. The wallpaper has gone (alarmingly easily actually) and been replaced by this Pharoh Gold paint from Dulux down one side of the lounge. I now just have to…
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