Jowita Bydlowska Writers in Residence Archives

What is your real job?

Writing novels, I knew from the beginning, was going to be tricky when it came to making $$$$ but I was, of course, going to write an instant bestseller and live in a mansion with six poodles. The reality ...

Madness

I have a lot of neuroses and phobias when it comes to being a writer. We started with the case of WB but that’s only the tip of iceberg (how to avoid clichés is right below the tip of the iceberg).There ...

An attempt to reclaim the selfie

I don’t hate writing. Except sometimes I get so sick of it that I need an antidote. My brain has a hard time shutting off so meditating rarely works and I’m not very sporty, plus this antidote needs ...

A bad case of WB

Being a writer means trying to get good at waiting. The waiting is sometimes about hearing back from editors, publishers, my agent… whomever I send my underwear to (no, I don’t send underwear but ...

How to go on

It’s Monday. First of May. It’s foggy outside (in Toronto) but not in that lovely misty way that feels like a spa—no, this is a cold, cold fog that is more like a damp basement.  Everyone seems ...