This is all Carrie Fisher’s fault.

She once told me, “Take your broken heart and go make art.”

After she died, I wrote a novel inspired by my time as her personal assistant.

When I got ball cancer, I made a web series about picking out the perfect fake testicle to replace the cancery one.

When one of my novels got rejected, I built Byrontology.

Welcome to Byrontology.

Byrontology is a podcast, Substack, and YouTube channel—but calling it a cult is way more fun.

We gather around one ritual:
Broken heart to art.

The broken heart is sometimes rejection, jealousy, or despair.

The art is the response that brings us back home—a book, a movie, a walk, a conversation, a meaningful moment at Taco Bell.

We’re a little irreverent, subversive, occasionally satirical. But the help is real.

The dues are existential exhaustion and the urge to make something from it.

If you get it, you can stay.

How does it work?

About once per week, I document one trip from broken heart to art.

A rejection. A spiral. A boredom slump.
And the response that followed.

Read, listen, or watch.

Or ignore, delete, or save it for when you need inspiration or to feel less alone.

When you’re ready:

→ Read the most recent post
→ Watch the latest video
→ Listen to the podcast
→ Learn more about Byron.