I think we're almost on track for one award per generation! :rofl:
I'd like to echo Milites... this came as an utter surprise! Thank you all for your congratulations, encouragement, and kind words. Winning one Character Writer is humbling, four is beyond words. Winning such an award in AARland, amongst a multitude of skilled storytellers, is beyond my ability to express. Thank you, everyone.
Narrative is tough--the difficulty is one of the reasons my rate of updates has dropped off somewhat. However, writing these characters is immensely rewarding, and an evolving process. Thomas II has been
especially difficult to write... how do you show the inner workings of someone that's clinically insane (thank you, CK schizophrenia trait!

) yet still runs an empire? It's been a tightrope I'm still carefully walking across. I can only hope my writing on his future endeavors is in keeping with this award!