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How to Pitch to Publishers

WOOHOO! I finally pitched three manuscripts to Publishers!

My name is Karen Tyrrell, award winning author of four resilience books for adults and children.

FIRST I developed my new stories to the highest possible publishing standard— written with passion and energy. I critiqued, rewrote, tweaked, formatted and had them professionally edited to perfection… over months […]

How to Engage an Audience at a Writing Seminar

Not hail, nor rain nor severe weather warnings kept my audience away at my Author Platform/ Book Marketing presentation in Brisbane last night. My smile widened as each eager participant sloshed through the door. I warmly welcomed each partaker as they arrived, inviting them to introduce themselves and divulge their writing passion. Yes, everyone loved […]

How to Nurture your PICTURE BOOK Baby

Yesterday I gave birth to my spanking NEW #3 picture book baby! A children’s story conceived from my family’s lived experience.

For months, story lines and plots gestated in my head until I no longer could contain them within. One last push and my creative offspring was finally out. Yesterday my newest picture book baby […]

I’m a Winner … Almost!

WOOHOO! Last week I was Long Listed for 100 Stories for Queensland anthology. I couldn’t believe it! I danced around the office in raptures and did a winning lap around the house. I even wrote the ‘SQUEEE … Published Soon’ blog, ready to send out when the results came in.

Today I frantically checked the […]