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Betsy Cornwell

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NYT bestselling author, teacher at U of Galway, Markievicz Award, IWC mentor. Immigrant single mother. Agents: Sara Crowe & Dara Kaye. BetsyCornwell.com / OldKnittingFactory.com

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Betsy Cornwell @betsycornwell.bsky.social · May 15

I started dreaming of writing a book to buy a house — for myself and my kid, and to make into a space for other single parents — seven years ago. Now I’m writing from that house, a historic knitting factory in west Ireland, and the book is coming in September. bookshop.org/p/books/ring...

A digital image of a pale green hardcover book, illustrated with a ring of wild strawberry leaves, blossoms, and fruit, on a darker green background with the same illustrations. The book is Ring of Salt: A Memoir of Finding Home and Hope on the Wild Coast of Ireland by Betsy Cornwell. Below the book in white letters is “Coming in September”

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Irish Writers Centre @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social · 13d

This October Geraldine Walsh guides to through the art of Self-Editing, Mark Hennigan teaches the tools of structure, Betsy Cornwell tends to your first draft & Nandi Jola inspires new voices, not only to literature, but also to Ireland.

Explore our courses here irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/

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BookPage @readbookpage.bsky.social · 8d

After fleeing an abusive marriage with her child, Betsy Cornwell transformed a historic knitting factory on the rugged coast of Ireland into a residency for writer-mothers like herself.
@simonandschuster.bsky.social

www.bookpage.com

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Dara Kaye @darakaye.bsky.social · 7d

NYC folks--Want to write a children's book with characters that leap off the page?

Join this workshop at 92Y on Saturday, 10/11

Taught by NYT bestselling YA author Betsy Cornwell and multi-award-winning picture book author-illustrator Lisa Anchin

www.scbwi.org/events/scbwi...

SCBWI NY Metro Character-Based Writing Workshop

Stories Like Friends: Character-Based Writing Join New York Times bestselling author Betsy Cornwell and Crystal Kite Award-winning author and illustrator Lisa Anchin for a workshop on creating unforg...

www.scbwi.org

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Betsy Cornwell @betsycornwell.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you, Tracy! I am flying tomorrow and it still feels super surreal!

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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 9d

Happy happy publication day to @betsycornwell.bsky.social on "Ring of Salt"! Just got the email that my copy is in!

Worcester and central Mass, come to hear Betsy talk about her amazing new book at Tidepool Bookstore on October 8 at 6 PM!

(still can't believe she's coming to Massachusetts!!)

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Betsy Cornwell @betsycornwell.bsky.social · 9d

2015! it’s really gone downhill over there without me …

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Betsy Cornwell @betsycornwell.bsky.social · 11d

I have been full of exhausting anxiety about my trip to the US but today it occurred to me that it’s going to be worth it because I can eat a corn dog

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Duchess Goldblatt @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social · Aug 4

Preordering books is both free and an absolute good. Not free in terms of money, probably — economists are divided on that point. But if you can do it, you should.

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Miss Marjorie Regrets @coffinsneeze.bsky.social · 19d

got this interesting 1970s children’s book of Halloween symbols and it whips so much ass

a very interesting excerpt positing that the Halloween witch “is a distortion of history and perhaps a disservice to women in their struggle for equality.”

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Haunted Herreid @herreidjohn.bsky.social · 19d

5. Make food for friends and not just yourself. It will make the experience more joyful and will push you to try to perfect your recipe and processes

6. Make what you like, not what you think you should like.

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Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 26d

Pause a while, and read...

• Elizabeth Jennings •

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Winifred Tylenol Spice Burton @authorwinifred.blacksky.app · 27d

Just saw a post of a tshirt that read "A coward friend is as good as an enemy" and I need y'all to marintate in that. Maybe write it on your bathroom mirror. At minimum admit if you're the coward in your connections.

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schleiermocker @schleiermocker.bsky.social · 27d

if you’re an isolated, angsty, strange young man, please know that you can become a Kierkegaard scholar instead of joining fringe online communities

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OGOM Project @ogomproject.bsky.social · 29d

A big OGOM thank you to @betsycornwell.bsky.social for her insight into the Selkie myth and how it can be adapted into fiction and memoir #SeaChanges. A beautiful and memorable reading for everyone attending the online day. So glad you could stay for days 2 & 3 Betsy!

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Betsy Cornwell @betsycornwell.bsky.social · 28d

Thank you so much — I had such a great time, and the whole conference was fabulous.

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Damion Schubert @zenofdesign.com · Aug 26

If I found my child dead by suicide and this Chat GPT response on his computer, Sam Altman would have to worry about a lot more than a lawsuit.

Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · Aug 26

The exchanges between Adam and ChatGPT are devastating. This, in my mind, is the worst one.

One of his last messages was a photo of the noose hung in his bedroom closet, asking if it was "good." ChatGPT offered a technical analysis of the set up and told him it 'could potentially suspend a human."

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · Aug 26

"dark academia" do you mean middle school

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Betsy Cornwell @betsycornwell.bsky.social · Jul 28

I just read Lolly Willowes and fell totally in love.

Gfrancie (Benevolent Siren) @gfrancie.bsky.social · Jul 28

Sylvia Townsend Warner's writing makes so many things better.

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Maya Rodale @mayarodale.bsky.social · Mar 18

"That the universal doctrine of the inferiority of woman has ever caused her to distrust her own powers, and paralyzed her energies, and placed her in that degraded position from which the most strenuous and unremitting effort can alone redeem her."

--19th c. Suffs calling out imposter syndrome

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Betsy Cornwell @betsycornwell.bsky.social · Jul 28

Preorders are pretty much the best thing you can do for an author, and I am grateful for every one. waterstones.com/campaign/jul...

An image with a pale yellow background reading "25% off RRP On Upcoming Books, Pre-order now with code: SUMMER25 28-31 July / Online Only" and the book cover image for Ring of Salt: A Memoir of Finding Home and Hope on the Wild Coast of Ireland" by Betsy Cornwell

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · Jul 28

Be gentle. They haven't grown up facing the the constant criticism, failure and persistent mental recovery involved in actually making an effort to develop artistic skills over a lifetime, so the precious flowers don't have the thick skin that naturally comes with the skills they've bypassed.

Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · Jul 28

It's very telling when a proponent of AI "art" complains about people dunking on their work.
Art gets critiqued. People pour their heart and soul into a piece and someone will still be like "Shit. One star."
So excuse me if we don't spare the feelings of those who use the plagiarism machine

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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · Jul 28

The Brazilian government should penalize the entire Baptist church, because the church itself condones this, and going after individual preachers won't stop the problem.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · Jul 27

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Isabella Rossellini
www.watermillcenter.org

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Tim Dedopulos @ghostwoods.bsky.social · Jul 27

French sign saying (in French) "Crepes and chocolates", left arrow. "Cruel world", right arrow. Harvested from the webs, no idea of attribution.

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Dia VanGunten / Writer @pinkzombierose.bsky.social · Jul 28

If you've ever felt like you're "too much," just remember St. Margaret of Antioch was swallowed by the devil (as dragon) but he couldn't stomach her, so he spat her back up. Stay ungovernable, sis.

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