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    • Rites of Passage
    • Red Hand Rising
    • Bane of Nostalgia
    • Fall of Man
    • Killtown
    • Tipping Sacred Desks
    • Theodore's Thoughts
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    • Didactic Cafe Podcast
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Chad Lehrmann is a teacher and an author from Texas.  As a writer, he hopes to provide stories that scare, inspire, challenge, and allow you to escape.  He also hosts a bi-weekly podcast called the Didactic Cafe that talks about ethics and practices in writing and education.
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A s​mall East Texas town plays host
to serial killers competing in a game to see who can drop the most bodies.
Can anyone survive-
​KILLTOWN


Available to buy NOW!
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He set out to find himself, and fell into an epic destiny instead.
Sawyer Shepherd has to learn to fight evils that seek to destroy the world as he navigates the treacherous path to adulthood. 
It's time to Face Your Demons

Sawyer Shepherd Chronicles 5 books YA series
Available to buy now!

Updates

2/20/2020

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Hey everyone- 

It has been a while since I posted, but I have been crazy busy publicizing The Sawyer Shepherd Chronicles: Rites of Passage!  I am learning a great deal about marketing a book and reaching an audience.  The process is slow and tedious, but I am really enjoying the learning process.  I have found things that work (getting newsletter promotions and good reviews), things that kind of work (Facebook ads) and things that, well, don't really have a huge impact (Twitter hashtags to other writers- lots of likes, not a lot of results).  I am about to start some promotions that will incorporate all of these plus a few interviews here and there.  Check out sites like Indie Book Butler and Self Publishers' Showcase in the next few months for these items.

​I have also learned a great deal from Reedsy and will hopefully get some reviews and notifications from Reedsy Discovery  It is a great tool for connecting writers with editors, reviewers, promoters, and designers.  Plus, they offer great free courses on various aspects of writing.  

Now that the book is out, I am anxious to hear from you about your experience with the book.  What you thought of characters and events, where you think things are going, what you liked and didn't.  I have lived with some of these characters in my head (in one version or another) for twenty years- I cannot wait to see how you feel about them!

I wanted to reach out with some news about how the book is doing, and some upcoming contests to win some stuff.

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First, how is the book doing?
I did a free Kindle giveaway and over 500 were claimed!  In regards to actual sales, it's not a bestseller by any means.  But between Kindle and paperback, I've sold around twenty copies.  Reviews are coming in, and so far the feedback has been unanimously positive!  It's all five star reviews on Amazon and general comments on social media and in person have been positive as well.  So thank you to everyone who has read the book.  If you haven't, well....

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There is a giveaway coming on Twitter this weekend!  If you purchase the Kindle version (no Kindle, that's cool- there is an app on Android and iPhone!) for $2.99 and take a picture to prove the purchase, then reply to my thead(s) on Twitter, you will be entered into a chance to win a signed paperback copy or a signed paperback copy AND a Sawyer Shepherd Chronicles t-shirt (they do exist)!  My Twitter is @ChadLehrmann.

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I am currently about 130 pages into the second book in the series, called Red Hand Rising.  I wanted to share a sneak peak of some of the book, so here it is!  (Obviously, there are spoilers in a broad sense, but hopefully nothing too huge).
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So, there you have it.  Sawyer Shepherd has survived the first book of The Sawyer Shepherd Chronicles.  

I do hope to get back to posting some short stories soon.  I may also start posting some reviews of Indie author's works eventually.  

See you later!
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    Chad Lehrmann lives with his wife and two teenage daughters in College Station, Texas, where he teaches High School Psychology, Sociology, and Debate.  

    A fan of Young Adult Literature such as the Harry Potter and Percy Jackson Series, as well as being a fan of the writing of Stephen King, Chad set out to begin creating series of stories that captured those styles while also trying to raise deeper questions about the growth of the characters as well as the readers.  This blog will tell shorter stories of the adventures of young hero Sawyer Shepherd and his allies Mandy Jane and Eli Romer.  There will also be other short stories, some with a horror theme, some with other tales to tell.   

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