
From the Wrestling Ring to the Writer's Desk with Chad Martin
What does professional wrestling have to do with writing a novel? More than you'd think.
Chad Martin has lived more than one story worth telling, as an author, podcast host, certified personal trainer, internet radio station owner, and professional wrestler known as Big Daddy Storm. It took him fourteen years of writing, rewriting, and refusing to quit before he finally published his first novel, Hale County, in 2025. Today, he writes across genres from horror to fantasy to personal development, and hosts the FAFO Podcast, where he believes the best conversations happen without a script.
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