Choosing a Rock

I've been thinking a lot lately about using history or historical figures in fiction. As I argue today at the Book View Café blog, I believe a writer has to take a stand in the story (and therefore in her own mind) about the people they're writing about. Shakespeare's Richard III is a helluva villain but doe not, I believe, reflect the realio-trulio Richard III. In the Sarah Tolerance books I write rather sympathetically about the Prince of Wales--I have felt for years that he was set up by fate, culture, and his father to fail as a king, which he kind of did. History is written by the people who win, or own the presses, or have the power or the loudest voice. A writer doesn't have to take the dominant historical story for gospel--but she does have to figure out what story she's telling, and why.

At least, that's my rock, and I'm standin' on it. What's your rock?

AAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!

SFWA MEMBERS DO NOT READ DIRECTIONS
If it says please write your nomination as follows: Story Title, Author, what do you think that means? Particularly when the instructions say no quote marks, dashes, ALL CAPS, names of publishers, etc...

So far we have 1950 nominations. And it seems that half of them are wrong (story in wrong category, or typed in so that I have to go in and manually correct them so that all the noms for a single title are listed under that title).

I know we are all Special Snowflakes, but it's driving me to drink. And you don't want me drinking when I'm doing this.