Writing the First Draft by KarenTyrrell author. I reveal how I wrote the first draft of my WIP and #7 Tips to Finish your First Draft. […]
2018 Make it Your Year … 2018 is going to be MY year too!
I’m setting Achievable Goals for 2018: Guaranteed for success!
As an award winning empowerment author, writing workshop presenter and speaker (Karen Tyrrell) I’m aiming HIGH determined to attain my goals and dreams! My passions for writing, speaking and empowerment will drive […]
School talks to Save the Bees and the environment are coming soon …
Today I, Karen Tyrrell, Brisbane teacher announce my ECO author talks based on my *5 STAR junior fiction novel, The Battle of Bug World- Song Bird 2
A superstorm destroys Rosella Ava Bird’s flower garden.
All the bees and bugs are disappearing.
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Why I write? Authors must express WHY they write to connect with their readers. Writers must reveal what they stand for, and WHY they create the work they do–and for whom they are creating it.
This is the Number #1 step for creating an authentic author platform.
I, Karen Tyrrell create books, driven as a […]
YIPEE, I presented a skit based on my kid’s scifi book Jo-Kin Battles the IT to Carole Park State School, Ipswich. Then I gave out FREE books from Australian authors to children, part of my role as a Books in Homes literacy volunteer. Carole Park State School is a delightful multi-cultural school with […]
Creative Writing in schools www.karentyrrell.com
Today I taught Creative Writing to four High School classes. It was nerve wracking, exciting and extremely rewarding. Mabel Park SHS contacted me, requesting I teach narrative writing to four year nine classes.
I presented ‘Build the Spaceship‘ creative writing lesson, using visualization techniques to create a movie-like […]
Historical Fiction
How do you write historical fiction?
Meet writerly friend Sally Murphy, prolific children’s author of over thirty books. On the 100 year anniversary of Gallipoli and the ANZACs, Sally launched a powerful new historical fiction novel 1915 for children.
Sally Murphy
About the book 1915:
When Australia throws its […]
Flat Buddy meets Karen Tyrrell author
YAY! Flat Buddy toured Brisbane Australia connecting with classrooms and children with disabilities.
How did Flat Buddy’s Tour come about?
Lesa Grant Feazel, significant Disabilities Teacher requested I escort Flat Buddy round Brisbane taking photos. The aim was to enrich the lives of disabled children at Lafourche […]
Due to popular demand, I’m launching STOP the Bully junior novel at Logan North library.
STOP the Bully empowers KIDS to assert themselves with non-aggressive anti-bullying solutions, to raise their self-esteem.
BLURB: Eleven year old Brian is hiding something.
His life is falling apart. Dad abandoned the family.
Brain hates his new school. And now […]
YAY! The courier just delivered boxes of STOP the Bully, empowering junior novel ready for my Black Cat launch on May 31st
I ripped open a box and grabbed a copy of STOP the Bully, scanning the glorious first page reviews from…
Kids Book Review, Kids Helpline, Michael Hardie: Child Mental […]
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