a pseudonymous author and deceit?

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would a pseudonymous author necessarily have to consider his writings to be a work of deceit in terms of the Bible?
 
i don't think so.
if you're writing a book and wish to remain anonymous, this is the way to go ...

deceit from dictionary.com

1. the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating: Once she exposed their deceit, no one ever trusted them again.
2. an act or device intended to deceive; trick; stratagem.
3. the quality of being deceitful; duplicity; falseness: a man full of deceit.

therefore, deceit refers to distortion of truth to mislead ..
an anonymous author writing under a pseudonym is not a deceiver, not out to distort the truth to mislead people ..
 
No, that is an odd question.
Pseudonyms are not equivalent to a "lie" or a "false witness" but rather they are a device for the commercial success of the books.
There are plenty of reasons for pseudonyms, none of them evil or sinful.
For example, if you write romance novels, you would not want your name to be "Gertrude Flappenbush" so you might change your pseudonym to "Nikki Lovelace" or something.
Or, if you are writing something that involves still living individuals (names changed to protect them) your name would cause the person to be revealed, so you would write under a pseudonym to protect the innocent.
 
Certainly. I myself have published several fictional works under a pseudonym. Any book in your Bible would be no challenge for me.
 
Certainly. I myself have published several fictional works under a pseudonym. Any book in your Bible would be no challenge for me.
 
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