An Oldie But Goodie: Rise of Nobility
Star Wars fan audio drama from 2003. A story about Padme Amidala growing up. Padme wasn't always the stolid, non-emotional and self-assured queen that she was in The Phantom Menace. What Rise of Nobility tries to explain is why and how she becomes that way. Feelings of disappointment, anger and regret cause her grow up much earlier than most. These events forge her into the queen that she will become.
I was the writer and portrayed Shmi Skywalker. We were the first Star Wars fan audio drama in production, but in large part thanks to the slowness of the writer, Nathan P. Butler’s Second Strike made it out of the gate before we did. Except for the director, Pamela K. Kinney, everyone involved is an amateur or a simple fan. Only one theater professional in here! We debuted it at DragonCon in 2003, and boy, did we have a blast!
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The Midnight Series, in order:
*These links are to the Wattpad versions, which include some explicit content not allowed on TFN. (Two scenes, to be exact, but still.)
Palpatine's first run for Republic Senate from the Chommell sector. As the appointed incumbent, it should have been an easy victory. However, a ghastly blunder by Palpatine makes the headlines at exactly the wrong time. Then, the decisions of the beloved Sio Bibble and the electric Olivia Sen to enter the race opposing him plummet a chagrined and anxious Sith Lord to the bottom of the polls. Welcome to Republic politics, where one wrong move can derail an entire career ... and, for a Sith Lord, a lifetime of work. But what Palpatine learns from his failures will truly make him Master of the Game. This is the first prequel to Midnight in the Garden. The sequence goes as follows: This story; then What Lies Beneath; then Midnight.
Former #1 Palpatine story on Wattpad.
Palpatine has finally secured his place in the Republic Senate. When a crisis in Alderaanian space focuses the Senate on the issue of slavery in the Republic, Palpatine uses the issue to make his name as a statesman and a firebrand of controversy in the Senate, to cement many loyalties he will need later ... and to bring the Jedi under the direct control of the Office of the Chancellor. This is the second prequel story to Midnight in the Garden. The order is as follows: Masters of the Game; this story; then Midnight.
#1 Darth Sidious story on Wattpad 4 weeks.
A fateful sequence of events the night General Grievous is defeated gives Anakin the chance to avoid destroying the Republic, save Padme's life, and possibly even ... redeem Palpatine? Yes, this is the 2005 Palpatine redemption story from TFN and fanfiction.net, back with one final revision.
Wattys Finalist 2021. Former #1 Procedural.
Detective John Robin discovers the murdered body of the hotshot homicide chief who recruited him to the city's "A Squad", rabbi'd him up to detective, and taught him so much. Distraught, John catches the case...for about two minutes. In the blink of an eye, a more senior detective is assigned instead. How can John get reassigned to the case? How can he solve the murder of his boss and friend? What's happened to his flaky girlfriend, Lizzie, a fallen New York model, and his squad partner Mike, who's having a mental breakdown? How can those clues help him solve the crime? When John himself is attacked, the stakes climb.
Yep, another Wattys Finalist 2021, two in the same year. How? I don’t know.
Desperate to loosen the grip of the all-powerful Guild on her people, Ridley agrees to help her rogue King kidnap his granddaughter, the heir to the throne. But she didn't count on falling in love ...
And two I haven’t finished yet …
Prequel to Duality. A fire in Ridley's dystopian town turns her eighth birthday into a nightmare--the day before scouts for the Confederation National Gymnastics Team tear her away from her mother and the only life she's ever known. In a gymnastics dorm where she's older than everyone else, the rich Guildman's daughters sabotage her at every turn, and her teachers and coaches don't care, what chance does she have at a junior medal? Will she ever be good enough to test for national team training: her only ticket home? And why can't she forget the older Olympic hopeful whose house burned down?
Eleven years of marriage, three young children, two careers, and forty pounds of baby weight have dragged Nan's marriage to Mike into the doldrums. Why can't she stop thinking about that new guy at work? Is it okay to fantasize about someone else to get yourself over the edge during exhaustion-sex with your husband? Then Nan discovers The School for Scandal, a support group for mistresses, and joins, looking for ammunition to blast herself out of her fantasies of this new man. What she learns will change her life forever.
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