The Cancer Diet Is Coming – And It’s the Most Personal Thing I’ve Ever Written

I’ve spent the past few years chasing ghosts, shaping stories, and trying to leave something real behind.

You might know me from Empire, Nevada—a novel about grief, friendship, and the slow collapse of a small desert town. Or maybe from Unto a Golden Dawn, the sprawling metaphysical dossier I’m still building, one recursive dispatch at a time.

But this new project?

This one’s different.

📖 The Cancer Diet: A Memoir on Resilience and Redemption
📅 Publishing July 16, 2024
🛒 Preorders are open now in paperback, hardcover, and Kindle
👉https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F7B15NTV

This book started with a cancer diagnosis. What followed was a long, raw, and often fragmented reckoning—with grief, addiction, fatherhood, faith, disconnection, and survival. It’s the most personal thing I’ve ever written.

Some of you have followed my writing for a while. You’ve read about Miller. You’ve seen echoes of my life in Paul. You’ve seen how much I need stories that feel lived in, even when they fracture under the weight of truth. The Cancer Diet is that kind of book—but there’s no fiction this time. Just memory. Just survival. Just me.

Halfway through the process, I started using ChatGPT to help organize my thoughts. I don’t hide that. It didn’t write the story—it helped me tell it better. The voice, the emotions, the chaos? All mine. The clarity? That part came from collaboration.

This memoir is for anyone who’s ever tried to stay alive without knowing exactly why. It’s for anyone who’s carried shame or silence. It’s for anyone who’s trying to be good in a world that seems to reward the opposite.

I’d love it if you checked it out—or even just passed the link to someone you think might need it.

We don’t get to control how we come into this world. But we can shape what we leave behind.

Thanks for being here,
—Frank