Betsy Cornwell
@betsycornwell.bsky.social
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...
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Went to #scbwimetrony ‘s first in-person event since the pandemic! @betsycornwell.bsky.social is a fantastic teacher and gave us so fun ways to get more deeply into our characters. #TBR alert - Betsy has a #memoir out now called Ring of Salt. www.betsycornwell.com/ringofsalt @lisaanchin.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Went to #scbwimetrony ‘s first in-person event since the pandemic! @betsycornwell.bsky.social is a fantastic teacher and gave us so fun ways to get more deeply into our characters. #TBR alert - Betsy has a #memoir out now called Ring of Salt. www.betsycornwell.com/ringofsalt @lisaanchin.bsky.social
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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/
Explore our courses here irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/
September 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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/
Explore our courses here irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/
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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
@simonandschuster.bsky.social
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October 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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
@simonandschuster.bsky.social
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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...
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
October 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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...
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...
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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!!)
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!!)
September 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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!!)
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!!)
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
September 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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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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.
August 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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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got this interesting 1970s children’s book of Halloween symbols and it whips so much ass
September 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
got this interesting 1970s children’s book of Halloween symbols and it whips so much ass
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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.
6. Make what you like, not what you think you should like.
September 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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.
6. Make what you like, not what you think you should like.
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Pause a while, and read...
• Elizabeth Jennings •
• Elizabeth Jennings •
September 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Pause a while, and read...
• Elizabeth Jennings •
• Elizabeth Jennings •
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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.
September 13, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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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if you’re an isolated, angsty, strange young man, please know that you can become a Kierkegaard scholar instead of joining fringe online communities
September 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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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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!
September 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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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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.
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."
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."
August 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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.
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"dark academia" do you mean middle school
August 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"dark academia" do you mean middle school
I just read Lolly Willowes and fell totally in love.
Sylvia Townsend Warner's writing makes so many things better.
July 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I just read Lolly Willowes and fell totally in love.
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"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
--19th c. Suffs calling out imposter syndrome
March 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"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
--19th c. Suffs calling out imposter syndrome
Preorders are pretty much the best thing you can do for an author, and I am grateful for every one. waterstones.com/campaign/jul...
July 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Preorders are pretty much the best thing you can do for an author, and I am grateful for every one. waterstones.com/campaign/jul...
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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.
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
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
July 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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.
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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.
July 28, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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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July 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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he is a pivotal archvillain in every Maligned Women of the Nineties narrative
the misogyny he normalized poisoned entire generations. he made Monica Lewinsky, Anita Hill, the McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit, Lorena Bobbitt, Tonya Harding, and so many more into punchlines they never shook off
the misogyny he normalized poisoned entire generations. he made Monica Lewinsky, Anita Hill, the McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit, Lorena Bobbitt, Tonya Harding, and so many more into punchlines they never shook off
Jay Leno has always been the worst.
July 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
he is a pivotal archvillain in every Maligned Women of the Nineties narrative
the misogyny he normalized poisoned entire generations. he made Monica Lewinsky, Anita Hill, the McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit, Lorena Bobbitt, Tonya Harding, and so many more into punchlines they never shook off
the misogyny he normalized poisoned entire generations. he made Monica Lewinsky, Anita Hill, the McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit, Lorena Bobbitt, Tonya Harding, and so many more into punchlines they never shook off