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Many congrats to...wait, what? 
Well, this is a very nice surprise and thank you very much @Midnite Duke ! And many thanks to all who have or will stop by and offer congrats.
I have to say that I did not expect any sort of awards or recognition for these 2 projects. The Creek AAR really started as therapy for me. I finished my Wessex series early in 2020 and then all hell hit the fan. I dunno...you might have heard of some dust up or another. You'd have though with so much extra time on my hands, that I might have done some good writing. Yet I think I was spent after writing every day since late 2016. I really couldn't think of a thing. It was a little depressing, I don't mind saying. And there was this other thing going on, you know? And then at the very start of 2021, my best friend in the whole world died just before our 48th birthdays (we were born four days apart in 1973.)
We'd known each other since we were 12 and he was the closest thing I'll ever know as a brother. I have three sisters and then Keith. He was family and it hurt. It still hurts. And I didn't know how to process my grief. I thought maybe I'd just tool around in CK3 to take my mind away from things but I need to upgrade my graphics card to play it so...hmmm...what to do? So I started messing around in EUIV and then I started the Creek game. As I played, I said...why not just write something, anything about it? I experimented at the start, switching genres and styles...just writing something and some of it including some ideas about my best friend.
Ultimately, I decided that AAR worked best as just a game play AAR and it has been fun (outside of that little hiccup we know as the last game patch.) But I still wanted to write in narrative. Thus the resurrection of a very long dormant idea. WOTR is going very slowly because I've had a pretty bad case of writer's block the last couple of months (for good and bad reasons) but it remains ongoing and I've written more on it now than I did back then.
So really thanks for spotlighting both and I hope many or all will give them a look. And if nothing else, it's just good to be back and writing. Interacting with all of you good folks (for 20 years and going if you go by the date I discovered the forums) has always been a boon for me when I was depressed or just down and wonderfully exciting and joyful when I can share good news or just enjoy the moment. Thank you again and here is to a continued good 2021. Anything has to be better than March 2020 to March 2021. I know it has been for me.
EDIT - Incidentally, if it pleases the mods when they get to updating the thread title, you can just put in God Willing and the Creek Do Rise. It's a bit more ongoing and active.
Well, this is a very nice surprise and thank you very much @Midnite Duke ! And many thanks to all who have or will stop by and offer congrats.
I have to say that I did not expect any sort of awards or recognition for these 2 projects. The Creek AAR really started as therapy for me. I finished my Wessex series early in 2020 and then all hell hit the fan. I dunno...you might have heard of some dust up or another. You'd have though with so much extra time on my hands, that I might have done some good writing. Yet I think I was spent after writing every day since late 2016. I really couldn't think of a thing. It was a little depressing, I don't mind saying. And there was this other thing going on, you know? And then at the very start of 2021, my best friend in the whole world died just before our 48th birthdays (we were born four days apart in 1973.)
We'd known each other since we were 12 and he was the closest thing I'll ever know as a brother. I have three sisters and then Keith. He was family and it hurt. It still hurts. And I didn't know how to process my grief. I thought maybe I'd just tool around in CK3 to take my mind away from things but I need to upgrade my graphics card to play it so...hmmm...what to do? So I started messing around in EUIV and then I started the Creek game. As I played, I said...why not just write something, anything about it? I experimented at the start, switching genres and styles...just writing something and some of it including some ideas about my best friend.
Ultimately, I decided that AAR worked best as just a game play AAR and it has been fun (outside of that little hiccup we know as the last game patch.) But I still wanted to write in narrative. Thus the resurrection of a very long dormant idea. WOTR is going very slowly because I've had a pretty bad case of writer's block the last couple of months (for good and bad reasons) but it remains ongoing and I've written more on it now than I did back then.
So really thanks for spotlighting both and I hope many or all will give them a look. And if nothing else, it's just good to be back and writing. Interacting with all of you good folks (for 20 years and going if you go by the date I discovered the forums) has always been a boon for me when I was depressed or just down and wonderfully exciting and joyful when I can share good news or just enjoy the moment. Thank you again and here is to a continued good 2021. Anything has to be better than March 2020 to March 2021. I know it has been for me.
EDIT - Incidentally, if it pleases the mods when they get to updating the thread title, you can just put in God Willing and the Creek Do Rise. It's a bit more ongoing and active.
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Both your current projects are among my favourite things going on here at the moment, so I’m very glad to see that @Midnite Duke has spared us all the trouble of picking between them by giving both their time in the spotlight! Very well deserved, @coz1, and I hope that writing both God Willing and WOTR has given you as much of a lift in spirits as they have both given me.
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Congratulations indeed @coz1
I think I managed to read a bit of the first page of WoTR before I was rudely interrupted, but it was excellent and I hope one day to read the rest. Though from your description perhaps I should break habit and risk sticking my nose into the EU4 section and start with God Willing?
I think I managed to read a bit of the first page of WoTR before I was rudely interrupted, but it was excellent and I hope one day to read the rest. Though from your description perhaps I should break habit and risk sticking my nose into the EU4 section and start with God Willing?
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Thank you again to everyone that has stopped by to offer congrats. Creek has been a bit stifled this past week but I did at least get chapter 3 started for WOTR. All new readers are certainly invited.
Yet my week in the spotlight is over and thus I pass the torch back to CKII and to @RustyHunter for the work Bastion of the East - A de Bailleul AAR, a new AAR from a writAAR working on their first narrative. An excellent first effort and most definitely worth your time to read.
So enjoy the week in the spotlight @RustyHunter and start thinking about your own successor when the time comes. With great power comes great responsibility.
Yet my week in the spotlight is over and thus I pass the torch back to CKII and to @RustyHunter for the work Bastion of the East - A de Bailleul AAR, a new AAR from a writAAR working on their first narrative. An excellent first effort and most definitely worth your time to read.
So enjoy the week in the spotlight @RustyHunter and start thinking about your own successor when the time comes. With great power comes great responsibility.
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Thanks to @coz1 for the nomination! I greatly appreciate this award, and I certainly didn't expect it on my first attempt at a narrative AAR.
I'd also like to thank @DensleyBlair and @Idhrendur for their congratulations. I look forward to your feedback and thoughts in the future.
Thanks again to @Bullfilter. You've really done an excellent job providing feedback and making these forums welcoming! I don't know if I would be as inspired to keep writing without the knowledge that people are following along and interested.
I appreciate the nomination, and I would be greatly pleased by anyone that checks out my work. I appreciate any and all feedback because I would certainly like to improve my writing. I remember stumbling onto the HOI3 forums almost 10 years ago, sparking my interest in all things Paradox. I have lurked off and on since then, but something finally convinced me to jump in and try my hand at an AAR. I'm really glad I finally started writing AARs, and I've loved the sense of community in these forums. Thanks again to @coz1 for the entirely unexpected nomination, and thanks to all my readers, now and future!
I'd also like to thank @DensleyBlair and @Idhrendur for their congratulations. I look forward to your feedback and thoughts in the future.
Thanks again to @Bullfilter. You've really done an excellent job providing feedback and making these forums welcoming! I don't know if I would be as inspired to keep writing without the knowledge that people are following along and interested.
I appreciate the nomination, and I would be greatly pleased by anyone that checks out my work. I appreciate any and all feedback because I would certainly like to improve my writing. I remember stumbling onto the HOI3 forums almost 10 years ago, sparking my interest in all things Paradox. I have lurked off and on since then, but something finally convinced me to jump in and try my hand at an AAR. I'm really glad I finally started writing AARs, and I've loved the sense of community in these forums. Thanks again to @coz1 for the entirely unexpected nomination, and thanks to all my readers, now and future!
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@RustyHunter, Congratulations! Like @Bullfilter, I have enjoyed my time with a Norman crusader in Asia Minor.
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congratulations @RustyHunter I subscribed to the AAR and read the episodes, quite exciting AAR!
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Congratulations indeed, such recommendations do not come lightly so I am sure it is well deserved.
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Thanks to @Midnite Duke , @Specialist290 , @Nikolai , @diskoerekto , @The Number 9 , and @El Pip as well as everyone else that commented already! I really appreciate all the support!
I've decided to pass this on to @Aussie Perun 's epic story of the Russian Empire in Kaiserreich, One and Indivisible (A Russian Kaiserreich AAR). This AAR was recently resurrected from the dead, providing a pleasant surprise and tons of enjoyable reading! This is certainly a very compelling alt-history to read, whether you're into the Kaiserreich universe or not. The characters are well written, the plots are intriguing, and the suspense is top notch!
I've decided to pass this on to @Aussie Perun 's epic story of the Russian Empire in Kaiserreich, One and Indivisible (A Russian Kaiserreich AAR). This AAR was recently resurrected from the dead, providing a pleasant surprise and tons of enjoyable reading! This is certainly a very compelling alt-history to read, whether you're into the Kaiserreich universe or not. The characters are well written, the plots are intriguing, and the suspense is top notch!
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