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Occasionally, I'm asked to provide some insight into RPG alignments. Melanie Allen asked me about playing Neutral Good characters, and I had several thoughts that made her round up. If you enjoy Dungeons & Dragons as the protagonist, Brady Wilks, from my novel Third Wheel, check it out! https://bit.ly/40yy5LQ

Weekend Reading: Why there is no need to fret about the Meta policy change. Full article: https://bit.ly/3C5rKiK #freespeech #factchecking #meta

Last year, video accounted for over 82 percent of all web traffic, with TikTok boasting 1.04 billion active users and YouTube setting the high bar at 2.6 billion. Latecomer Facebook Reels is just under 620 million. These numbers represent a significant shift from when blogs were content drivers ten years ago. So, while blogs and articles still play an essential role in SEO and easily digested nonlinear content, video isn't something to dismiss. While traveling on my Late Summer National Book Tour in August, I learned just how important video content can be. And I've made some changes as a result. https://bit.ly/4eW0QIs #video #tiktok #youtube

My daughter played her last travel softball game a few weeks ago. It's surreal to think, given I once wrote about her in the context of overcoming hurdles. Yet, here we are: Weeks away from taking a road trip to her college, where her next game will be at the collegiate level. Along the way, I'm hoping she learns a few things, too. Some of what I hope she learns comes full circle to that column I wrote ten years ago. The overemphasis on image, popularity, and crowd thinking in *life* has a long history of undermining good ideas, worthwhile efforts, and individual actions. Find out what else I would like her to learn...

In honor of Read An Ebook Week, Third Wheel by Richard R. Becker is on sale for $2.99 for Kindle, Nook, and Apple Books. Find it anywhere books are sold. https://bit.ly/3QE63vl #ebooksale #ebooks #nook #kindle #applebooks