First of all thank you to
gabor for your kind words and nomination. Thanks too to all for your messages of congratulations. I feel particularly honoured to receive this award since, for me, in a CK story character writing is all-important, so I feel that if my characters are appreciated I have in some sense at least "succeeded".
As I have already told
gabor, this nomination caught me at a crucial moment. As was pointed out, The Stuff of Kings is now "completed" (which for me simply means that I've decided to stop...) and I was dithering about whether to take the plunge and start a new AAR, for which I already had an idea. So now, how could I decide otherwise?
So I can also take this opportunity to make a shameless plug for the new AAR:
The Hidden Cross - a tale set in the Byzantine Empire, following the fortunes of the Bryennios dynasty. A word of warning/encouragement - it is NOT a comedy AAR, but entirely serious. Please check it out!