This is all Carrie Fisher’s fault.
When I was her assistant, she told me, “Take your broken heart and go make art.”
After she died, I wrote a novel inspired by our time together.
When I got ball cancer, I made a web series about picking out the perfect fake testicle to replace the cancery one.
When my latest novel got rejected, I skipped the pity party and built a playground.
Hi. I’m Byron.
I have two published novels. I won two Emmys as a TV news writer. I wrote and co-starred in a movie with an Academy Award winner. I survived cancer. I live in Palm Springs with my husband and three rescue dogs.
Still, sometimes I’m sad.
This is where I try to make sense of it.
How does it work?
Byrontology is a hug.
I send it to your email.
Once a week you’ll get something real—a confession, a spiral, a rejection, and how I found myself again.
Like what I learned about love from losing my virginity to a TV weatherman. Or what working for Carrie Fisher taught me about fame. Or how the gay orgy tent at Burning Man snapped me out of a funk.
I look for meaning in the absurd, the awful, the everyday.
Sometimes I find hope.
Sometimes humor.
Sometimes just dog hair.
I share it all.
If you want to feel less alone,
refuse to go numb,
and aren’t afraid of facing reality—
You are. Me too.
What they say in comments.
“Loved reading this. So vulnerable and tender.”
— Sophie
“Thanks for opening our hearts.”
— Donna
“This profound piece really hit home.”
— David
“I’m sitting in a coffee shop reading this and tearing up like crazy.”
— Laura
“I just listened to this podcast and was in tears by the last few minutes.”
— Suze
“I read this on a 13-hour flight back from Portugal
and it caught me in exactly the right place.”
— Afonso
“I love your big beautiful heart.”
— Gretchen
“This was so sweet, so tender, so honest. I loved it. Thank you for sharing.”
— Dre
I wiped away a few tears… you write and talk so eloquently, so personally,
gets me every time. Thank you for sharing.
—Susan
What you get.
Free members:
Instantly get one free Byronbook, Everything Is Stupid Okay Fine I’ll Keep Going, + limited access to posts.
Paid members:
All digital Byronbooks I create which contain practical advice for making art and surviving hardship. +
Full access to all my posts including my two favorites—what working for Carrie Fisher taught me about fame and how the gay orgy tent at Burning Man snapped me out of a funk. +
Everything in the Byrontology bookstore including links to books and podcasts that have saved my mood, my relationships, and my writing.
Pen Pals:
We become actual pen pals. Select this tier and I’ll email you a short sign-up form. Then I’ll mail you notes, letters, or cards from my kitchen table. Write me back if you want. This tier is limited to only a handful of people.
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This Byronbook is my lifesaver.
Am I Severely Depressed or Do I Just Need Taco Bell is a collection of lessons from life, therapy, Carrie Fisher, and a self-help guru from the 1980s.
It’s what I grab when I’m feeling off:
Am I Severely Depressed or Do I Just Need Taco Bell
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MAR 11
