Wednesday 9 July 2014

An enforced holiday from writing

School holidays are not conducive to writing.


In the past two weeks I’ve managed to squeeze in a full half-hour of dedicated writing time – and that was only because there was a conveniently placed cafe near a playground and I managed to convince hubby that I could do with some time to myself. It was just enough time to read back over what I’d written and add about three lines.

Friday 4 July 2014

REVIEW: STOP the Bully

Author Karen Tyrrell with her junior novel, STOP the Bully.
Author Karen Tyrrell with her junior novel, STOP the Bully.
STOP the Bully
Karen Tyrrell

I, like many people, was bullied as a child. Like the protagonist Brian in Karen Tyrrell’s STOP the Bully, I was the shy, unconfident, head-down new kid, and an easy target to those ‘testing’ me out. The advice I was given to ‘ignore them – they’ll go away if they don’t get a reaction’ was not only incorrect, but in fact spurred the bullies on to step up their attacks in order to get a response – they do it until they get a reaction when you don’t stand up for yourself.
 

Tuesday 1 July 2014

Victims and bullies: the mystery revealed

Junior fiction novel STOP the Bully.
Junior fiction novel STOP the Bully.

STOP the Bully

Author: Karen Tyrrell


Bullying is an ongoing problem in schools, and the reasons why some kids are victims and others bullies is often a mystery. In STOP the Bully, Queensland author Karen Tyrrell has revealed the mystery of the bullying dilemma from all perspectives, including the victim and the bully.