Karen Tyrrell

Donna Jelli-Beanz, children’s author extraordinaire chats with me about my inspiration for ME AND HER :a Memoir of Madness
and Kids Sci-fi JOSH and the IT .
Grab a cup of tea,  and meet me  at Jelli-Beanz corner and for a chat … I’ll answer all your questions over a bowl of jelli-beanz.
http://www.jellibeanzbooks.wordpress.com
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Last Friday, a Children’s Publisher emailed the most Positive Rejection letter possible for my Kids Sci-Fi chapter novel, Josh and the It.
So good I want to frame it.
Words like … ‘Your plot is strong and moves along at a good pace. Like your addition of humour … its child centred. You have successfully created a [...]

In a former life, I slaved as a teacher, a radiographer and a bank Johnny.
Very left-brain ho-hum.
I now exercise my right brain, writing stories, living out fantasies through my characters.
Some days, I’m Josh – Super Space Kid capturing space monsters and saving the Galaxy – in my kids Sci-Fi novel, Josh and the It.
Other [...]

Last week, someone-in-the-know requested a Meeting with me.
My curiousity peaked and I travelled into Brisbane, full of anticipation.
After a chat,  Ms X advised me on How to Get Published.
She commented on how I’d split myself three ways …
publicizing 3 books/ 3 completely different genres,/dividing my attentions 3 ways.
‘Which of your books has [...]

Josh and the It launched with a test run today, firing up with an enthusiastic bunch of Year Fivers.
They laughed, giggled, clapped and cheered as Josh and the Space Kids learnt how teamwork can fight off those nasty Space Monsters and save the Galaxy.
My Kid’s Sci-Fi adventure story blasted off at Edens Landing State School [...]

The secrets out! I’m no longer a closet Clan Destineer.
… I’m the latest Clanner to join the horde at Clan Destine Book and Author Portal.
And I’m awaiting my diabolical initiation as I pass through this new Threshold.
Clan Destine is a website dedicated to LOVERS of Genre Fiction ─ Crime, Thriller/Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Horror [...]

Queensland Writers Centre invited me on their BLOG TOUR. WOOHOO! I’m answering their questions and yours too. Where do your words come from?
My memoir, ‘Me and Her: a Memoir of Madness’ is based on my own experiences and  journals I kept. It’s about a stressful time in my life when I became Manic. A Publisher [...]