Rich Perceptions

This is a “Sheepadoodle,” a sheepdog poodle I met at our local car wash. His name is “BamBam” - that is all.

There's something satisfying knowing that "Getting What I Deserve" continues to rank high in "Young Adult Loners & Outcasts Fiction" on Amazon.

The Power of the Loner in YA Fiction Getting What I Deserve ranks high in Amazon’s Teen & Young Adult Loners & Outcasts Fiction category — and that tells me something…

I'm entering the second anniversary of "Getting What I Deserve." Books like this generally have their prime season at the beginning of the school year. Here, I'm revisiting the moment that launches the entire novel.

Why Charlie Opened the Door This fall marks the second publishing anniversary of Getting What I Deserve — and with another school year beginning, I keep returning to…

Somewhere in Colorado….

I had a complicated relationship with .

Why I Wrote "Getting What I Deserve" My Complicated Relationship with Bullying My relationship with bullying has always been complicated. I was never bullied the way Charlie is in Getting What I Deserve, but I struggled with friendships that shifted, cracked, or faded away during my teenage years. Even then, I knew people changed—mys...

Charlie Day isn’t real.
But the way it happens in my book? It’s all too familiar.

A weekly “joke” that turns into a tradition.
One kid becomes the target.
Everyone else stays silent.

In Getting What I Deserve, I wrote about what happens when bullying gets organized—and why the quietest kids often carry the heaviest pain.

🛑 Read the blog — it's part of my ongoing effort to bring this book to an ever-larger readership--thanks for your ongoing support!

Let’s keep talking. That’s how things change.


https://richperceptions.com/blogs/news/what-is-charlie-day-a-look-at-the-realities-of-school-bullying

Not being on social media didn’t protect Charlie. It made him invisible.

In Getting What I Deserve, Charlie is a quiet middle schooler who doesn’t post, text, or share. And at first, that sounds like a good thing.

No digital drama. No viral shame. No online bullying.
But his silence didn’t shield him—it isolated him.

And sometimes, the quietest kids are the ones in the most pain.

👉 I wrote about what Charlie’s absence from social media reveals—and what parents and educators should be watching for:
📖 Read the blog: [Insert Link to “When Silence Amplifies” Blog]
🧠 Plus: Download free SEL & discussion tools at RichPerceptions.com

Let’s keep listening to the kids who aren’t speaking.

https://richperceptions.com/blogs/news/%F0%9F%93%B5-when-silence-amplifies-how-charlie-s-avoidance-of-social-media-made-things-worse

I wrote Getting What I Deserve to tell an engaging story about emotional bullying.
I didn't expect the visceral response from readers who said:
“I was Charlie.”

That’s why I’m relaunching the book—with resources for classrooms, families, librarians, and counselors.



👉 Read the full story:
https://richperceptions.com/blogs/news/why-i-m-relaunching-getting-what-i-deserve

Hanging out at my table at the !

Ready to go!

Watch…You might find someone familiar….

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