SQUEE! ME &HIM: Published in 2013!

WOOHOO!  Happy New Year 2013! … I’m cracking open the champers! Dancing from room to room. I’m so eXcited, I could burst! I will finally see my memoir  SEQUEL in print, sharing my Recovery secrets with the world.

I’m proud to announce: ME & HIM: A Guide to Recovery will be published in March, 2013. [...]

Magazine Published article featuring ME & HER

Her Canberra magazine published an article featuring me: Karen Tyrrell and my recovery story ME & HER: a Memoir of Madness.  She shared my ten top tools for eliminating STRESS.

Her Canberra journalist, Belladonna Took wrote a powerful article “Open Your Mind – Mental Health Week 2012” with staggering statistics on mental illness.

“One in five [...]

ME & HER story Published in HER Magazine

HER Canberra online magazine published a feature story on why I, author Karen Tyrrell wrote her gutsy memoir, ME & HER: a Memoir of Madness.

HER Canberra divulged the trauma I experienced as a primary school teacher when parents at my school harassed and terrorized me to breaking point and beyond.

Belladonna Took, HER [...]

Recovery Life Story Published in a Magazine

SQUEE! emPOWER magazine published my RECOVERY story in its glossy Winter issue.

Helen Rosing printed a double page feature detailing my mental break down and Recovery … to encourage others on their life journey. The publisher revealed WHY I created my thought provoking memoir, Me and Her: A Memoir Of Madness.

emPOWER magazine publishes [...]

My Story Published on Queensland Health Website

Queensland Health invited me to be part of a cutting edge mental health media campaign! Last October, during Mental Health week, Queensland Health launched the Change Our Minds initiative addressing stigma and discrimination. Immediately, I thought of the attention grabbing Emily TV ad. ‘I can treat my mental illness … How you treat me because [...]

Please *Support* my PlanBIG Dream to Publish ME AND HER

I’m requesting YOU and members of the PlanBIG community to *support* my pro-active quest to publish ME AND HER :a Memoir of Madness, my gutsy tell-all memoir, encapsulating triumph over adversity … I’m NEVER, ever giving up till I see my book in print! … Supporting PlanBIG only takes 30 seconds of your time!

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My Brave LIFE Story Published in a Magazine

How I did I triumph over Bipolar Disorder? How did I change my life from a mental illness victim to a pro-active mental health advocate, speaker and author?

Louise Crossley, editor from e-magazine, Essentially Me requested my gritty life story to be disclosed in her Spring Edition, OUT TODAY. She wanted my personal snapshot [...]

FEAR of Failure vs. FEAR of Success

A fierce battle is raging within … Am I good enough to be a writer? … Am I good enough to be published? … I’m on the brink of publishing with International Publishers considering ME AND HER: a Memoir of Madness and Kids Sci-Fi JOSH AND THE IT, but I fear they’ll reject me … [...]

Ode to 2010 … Am I a Failure or Success?

I vowed my books would be Published in 2010. With only few days remaining, it would be a cosmic miracle. I’ve agonized over this ‘Dream’, pressurizing myself to attain that illusive Book Contract.

Why didn’t it happen in 2010? The reality … it’s more challenging that ever to crack the mainstream publishing market. I’ve channeled [...]

SPACE KIDS Series … Do we have Lift Off?

I’m praying for a 3-Book publishing deal. Two weeks ago, an International Publisher requested Josh and the It and she is now considering it for publication. I hope to entice her with all three books in the Space Kids book series.

I’ve plotted, planned and completed the first draft of Book 2, And now I’m [...]