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I've created ebook versions of my hopeful climate fiction "Standing Wave" and "Running AMOC", both EPUB and PDF. You can also read them on line at selfedge.org.uk/fiction/

"Standing Wave" is about a team of fedizens searching for a long-lost climate model. The main actors are a Mongolian Soviet researcher and his US counterpart, some time in the 1970s.

EPUB: selfedge.org.uk/ebooks/Standin
PDF: selfedge.org.uk/ebooks/Standin

"Runnning AMOC" is about the impending collapse of the Gulf stream. The protagonist is an Indonesian-Dutch woman of around fifty.

EPUB: selfedge.org.uk/ebooks/Running
PDF: selfedge.org.uk/ebooks/Running

#RunningAMOC #StandingWave

So uh. How do negotiations for a peace treaty or ceasefire work.

Usually in negotiations, i.e. about the price on eBay or trying to tickle a raise out of your boss, you demand more than you actually want so that the other party can "talk you down" to what you actually want, right?

Does that apply to peace talks too?

Assume Nation A and allies B, C, and D have been at war. A started it, but is at some point somewhat with their back to the wall, things are not looking good, but they still have enough bang left to take B, C, and D with them in case of defeat. Nukes or something, idk, enough for a scorched earth campaign that takes all four countries down.

Then A offers to negotiate for a ceasefire, and they really just want to freeze the status quo: no reparations, no return of conquered territory, etc. B–D of course, sensing that A is in a weak position (if they were winning, they wouldn't offer to negotiate), basically demand a surrender.

If A just makes their offer – a ceasefire and nothing else – there's no demands they can give up to appease the other parties. So what do they do? It's not like A, who started the war and is losing it, can demand reparations from B–D, even if A intends to give up that demand later so B–D can feel like they achieved something.

How does this work? Has any such situation ever happened in real history? I'm writing fiction rn and I'm stuck.

I'm the new Revisionary at the Loft Literary Center's online writing community--helping people learn about & embrace revision w/new content + live sessions each week. I'm so happy to get to play! Check it out or tell people you think might be interested :)

Monthly Membership: loft.thinkific.com/bundles/lof
Annual Membership: loft.thinkific.com/bundles/lit
Me: loft.thinkific.com/courses/lit

@edibuddies @writers #Writing #AmEditing #WritingAdvice #WritingCraft #QueerWriters #FictionWriting #IndieAuthors

I published my first writer in A Dark Wood, though I have been publishing my own fiction, trying to set a pace and an example. (Outside of Medium, this would hardly be considered professional.) Gus Gresham submitted an original "Slavic folktale." Now if I could just clone Gus, my work would be complete. I love the variety of his writing, and he tends to offer something winsome and deep. #publishing #folktale #literature #journal #fictionwriting #storytelling #story

medium.com/a-dark-wood/the-sto

A Dark Wood · The Stone-Mason’s Daughter - A Dark Wood - MediumBy Gus Gresham

"Why Are Writers Expected To Do So Much Self-Promotion?" by @janiceharayda is an article on #Medium that has really stuck with me.

If you're a #writer who has issues with the fact that #publishers care about your social media following, check this one out!

#ReadForFree and support the author with this friend link, courtesy of my @medium membership: medium.com/the-pub/writers-are