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A writer sits at her kitchen table, pen in hand, staring at her first book contract. The coffee’s gone cold. The pen is poised. The word that catches her eye isn’t advance or royalties. It’s morality. It reads like a warning: The publisher reserves the right to terminate this agreement if the author engages in conduct that may subject the publisher to public disrepute or contempt. In other words—one wrong tweet, and the dream evaporates.