Brian Gerard Lewandowski's Blog: The Unreliable Narrator

The 3:30 AM Marriage Chronicles: A Treatise on Insomnia, Pig Rescue, and the Criminally Underappreciated Initials of Brian Austin Green

A Study in Married Life.

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Gerald the Ghost DJ and What ‘My Dead Dog Rover’ Taught Me About Writing

What morning brain music teaches you about character development and being gloriously, catastrophically human.

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Character Naming Techniques That Dick Johnson Taught Me: A Satirical Guide to Nomenclatural Destiny

Because naming your action hero Benedict Daffodil-Jones is a choice you'll have to defend in the comments section forever.

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An Origin Story: Otter Boy

When Otter Boy was a very different Otter Boy.

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Mr. Bear and the Writing Habits You Don’t Need

A Story About Compulsion, Pine Trees, and Why Writing Advice Can Go Fuck Itself.

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How to Move Your Plot Forward Without Waiting for Perfect Conditions: Lessons from a Christmas Possum

Why writer's paralysis keeps your story stuck in the pickle jar.

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The Obituary Method: How to Mine Dead People’s Names for Living Characters (They Won’t Mind, They’re Dead)

Stuck with writer's block? Discover the writing hack nobody talks about.

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How To Write Dialogue: A Masterclass From The Morons Who Shot Out My Internet

Hilarious writing tips from rural Virginia's latest catastrophe.

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Plot Structure Lessons From Real Life Chaos: How a Homicidal Pig, Musical Theater, and the Bills Mafia Taught Me Everything About Writing

Real writing advice from actual chaos—featuring day-drinking and bathrobes.

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Shaved My Beard This Morning and Accidentally Destroyed My Literary Career

Why famous authors with beards dominate literature... kind of.

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