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It might be an “excellent tale” but The Window Seat Reporter is a bloody peculiar one. I think my weird brain was at the height of its weirdness when I wrote this aged 14… #authorsofinstagram #amwriting #childhoodwriting #stories

Wednesday 22 April 2020

It might be an “excellent tale” but The Window Seat Reporter is a bloody peculiar one. I think my weird brain was at the height of its weirdness when I wrote this aged 14… #authorsofinstagram #amwriting #childhoodwriting #stories

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Rediscovered today, tucked inside the @ladybirdbooks Birds of Prey, possibly my first ever story, written c. aged 6. . This is the story of John and Alfonse and the first two cards were dictated by me to my Dad, and the third was written by me with suspect phonetic spelling… . #earlyworks #stories #authorsofinstagram

Sunday 8 March 2020

Rediscovered today, tucked inside the @ladybirdbooks Birds of Prey, possibly my first ever story, written c. aged 6. . This is the story of John and Alfonse and the first two cards were dictated by me to my Dad, and…

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Regular observers of this feed will know that I write. You might not know that I am part of a family of writers… #imaginaryfriends #dragons???? #buttons #greekmyths #norsemythology #amwriting #amreading #TEShepherd #AndyShepherd #DeborahShepherd #books #storytelling #stories

Thursday 14 February 2019

Regular observers of this feed will know that I write. You might not know that I am part of a family of writers… #imaginaryfriends #dragons???? #buttons #greekmyths #norsemythology #amwriting #amreading #TEShepherd #AndyShepherd #DeborahShepherd #books #storytelling #stories

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Suffolk Stories

Wednesday 17 June 2015

We had a bit of a quieter day today, heading off to Snape Maltings mid-morning to see an exhibition by the intriguingly-named Jelly Green; a local artist who usually paints livestock but in this exhibiton was showcasing more landscapes. We…

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The Story of Fairy Tales

Monday 1 June 2015

Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale by Marina Warner This is a must read for anyone and everyone who loves Fairy Tale. Published as one of Oxford University Press’ brilliant and incredible Short Introduction series of…

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26 books (and more) to read

Sunday 26 October 2014

26 Characters: celebrating childhood story heroes by Cambridge Jones (Photographer) Alice Rochester (Editor), Andy Stanton (Forword) The only problem with this book – the accompanying guide to the inspiring exhibition at Oxford’s Story Museum of the same name – is…

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Climbing through the wardrobe

Saturday 18 October 2014

Today I have had the best afternoon out in Oxford, ever! Emma and I headed into the city this afternoon to go to the excellent and inspiring home of The Story Museum – I think that maybe this place, the…

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An encouraging response

Wednesday 6 November 2013

So, yesterday evening I got the report back from the Beta read of Mr Tumnal. All writers, no matter how experienced they are, still get the same gut-wrenching fear when they let go of their latest work in progress to…

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Considering the voices in my head

Monday 23 September 2013

Mr Tumnal is the story of  a man who  marries his imaginary friend.  Based on the  dissertation of my friends Kirsty, You Were My Betty is  another crazy idea from the same brain.  Charlotte gets help  with her  dissertation from…

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A writer’s regret

Friday 16 August 2013

Being as I am in that awkward space that a writer finds themself in, of having finished writing the one novel but not yet having started the next, my mind is,  as I begin to read and revise   Mr Tumnal,…

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The End

Saturday 27 July 2013

I first started writing the curious tale of Mr Tumnal during my honeymoon on 3 June 2009. A little over four year’s later, at 23:10 on Saturday 27 June 2013, I finished it. It is one-year to the day that…

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