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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 Political Slogans and Battle Cries
A political battle cry is a yell or chant. Battle cries precede combat as surely as thunder...
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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 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...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing Crisis Standards of Care in 2020 America
Writing to-do lists, standard-of-care guidelines, orders to take care, stay home, get tested,...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing Songs
At the outset, let me explain how narrow this review of the ethics of writing songs really is....
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing Stay-At-Home and Go-Out-And-Spend Orders
What are the ethics of fighting or dodging the COVID-19 pandemic? This blog will be a little...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing Letters to the Editor
Back in the olden days—pre-digital—people wrote letters to the editor. Actual letters, in...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing About Political Parties in 2020
Other blog postings on this site posited ethical issues for writing about politics writ large, the...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing About the 2020 Presidential Election
Let’s say you’re not a journalist or a reporter. But you are an activist, campaign staffer, or...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing Titles
No, I’m not talking about titles to land, honorary titles, or one-word titles for what you do,...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing About COVID-19
My last posting was about the ethics of writing about pandemics ad seriatim (one after the other)....
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