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The Ethics of Writing Lies
The ethics of writing lies? Of course not. What could be ethical about lying? How could any writer...
Nonfiction
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The Ethics of Writing About Death in the COVID-19 Era
We’ve all heard the old saw, “The only thing certain in life is death.” It’s wrong but catchy....
Journalism
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The Ethics of Writing Accusations and Allegations
There are times when tragedy just won’t stay still. It rises up into calamity, and then with...
Novels
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Are there ethical constraints in writing novels about dystopian societies?
What are the ethics of writing novels about dystopian societies? Writing novels set in the future...
Historical Fiction
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How Historical Does a Historical Novel Have to Be?
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? There are no good answers...
Memoir
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The Ethics of Writing About Family
Almost always, writing memoir is not just about the writer’s personal story; often it is also...
Humor & Poetry
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Is it even possible to write an ethical last will and testament?
I was a lawyer long before I was an author. The ethical code for lawyers is rigid and unforgiving....
Writing
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The Ethics of Writing Profanity
In 2019, I blogged about the ethics of writing erotica and cited an old article titled, “What...
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Is Tweeting Ethical?
“I very much doubt if anyone of us has the faintest idea of what is meant by the reality of...
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The Ethics of Writing Profanity
In 2019, I blogged about the ethics of writing erotica and cited an old article titled, “What...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing about Gun Ownership
I wrote a blog about “gun control” in January 2019, reminding my readers that the phrase...
Read MoreIs Ghostwriting Ethical?
No, I’m not talking about ghosts writing. I’m talking about writers paid to write literary or...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing About Keeping Your Social Distance
For most of the last three centuries, humans everywhere knew about distance and were social. But...
Read MoreEthics of Writing Protest Signs
The prompt for this blog is the prodigious number of poorly written protest signs in what has...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing About Anti-Racism
On August 19, 2019 I wrote a blog about the ethics of writing the word Racist. The first sentence...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing Opinions
Opinion writing is high on the list of ethical misconduct. It is fertile ground for poisonous...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing About Governance in Public Health Emergencies
In this blog post, we’re taking a look at the ethics of writing about governance during a...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing Political Slogans and Battle Cries
A political battle cry is a yell or chant. Battle cries precede combat as surely as thunder...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing Accusations and Allegations
There are times when tragedy just won’t stay still. It rises up into calamity, and then with...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing About Death in the COVID-19 Era
We’ve all heard the old saw, “The only thing certain in life is death.” It’s wrong but catchy....
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing Predictions in the COVID-19 Era
My favorite all-time pundit and cynic defined the word “predict” in a way that never made...
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