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December 31, 2006 Happy new year! January's story is "Winter Stories ." December 1, 2006 December's story is "Hanukkah Light." (All ages.) "Virginia Woods" is online at Pseudopod. (Teen/adult.) November 28, 2006 "Sarah's Window," has been reprinted in the December Tales of the Talisman. November 26, 2006 I've updated my (nonfiction) science and health writing credits. November 24, 2006 Horn Book Guide on Secret of the Three Treasures: "Tiernay's voice is fresh and funny." (More reviews) Secret of the Three Treasures was also recommended in the Tucson Citizen's gift giving guide. November 1, 2006 November's story is "Heart's Desire ." October 26, 2006 I signed the contracts this week for Bones of Faerie (working title), a dark YA fantasy to be published by Random House. October 13, 2006 An audio version of "Drawing the Moon" is now online at Pseudopod. Happy Friday the 13th! (While this scary story is appropriate for younger readers, note that other stories on the Pseudopod site might not be.) October 7, 2006 "Heart's Desire" is now out in the October issue of Cricket magazine. October 1, 2006 October's story is "Stone Tower." (This one's rated PG-13; it's aimed at older readers than most of the stories I've been posting here.) September 22, 2006 Children's Literature on Secret of the Three Treasures: "This book is a fun read for late elementary aged children who, like Tiernay, like to solve a good mystery and are a bit fun loving and curious themselves. Thoroughly entertaining." (More reviews.) September 2 , 2006 September's story is "Steel Penny." August 11, 2006 School Library Journal on Secret of the Three Treasures: "Tiernay is an irrepressible role model in her unwavering self-confidence, intellectual curiosity, and sense of humor. Like the waiter who remembers she likes her soda with lime, cherries, and lemon wedges, readers will not forget Tiernay West anytime soon." (More reviews here.) July 31, 2006 August's story is "Whispers." July 21, 2006 There's a nice review of Secret of the Three Treasures on SFSite. An excerpt: "This middle-grade tale should appeal to the smart seven-year-old right on up to adulthood. What makes Secret of the Three Treasures work at a broad reader spectrum is the superb voice ... Her [Tiernay's] trenchant observations had me snarfing my tea ..." (Read the full review.) July 18, 2006 I'm signing Secret of the Three Treasures at Borders in Tucson and Phoenix this August; details on the new appearances page. June 30, 2006 July's story is "Tearing Down the Unicorns." June 2, 2006 Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales is now available in paperback. Kirkus Reviews had nice things to say about Secret of the Three Treasures: "Simner deftly tucks in clues, subplots and enough tongue-in-cheek humor to keep the suspense from turning scary. Her focused determination overriding all obstacles and mishaps, Tiernay makes an appealing protagonist... Fine fare for recent Cam Jansen and Encyclopedia Brown graduates." (The full review is available on the book's B&N page.) June 1, 2006 June's short story is "A Child's Adventures ." May 2, 2006 - I'll be signing Secret of the Three Treasures at Tucson's FitCenter Wednesday, May 3, from 9-11 a.m. May's story is "Amanda's Room." April 21, 2006 Want a signed bookplate for Secret of the Three Treasures? Email me. "Lost or Forgotten" will appear in a future issue of Cabinet des Fées, a journal which publishes original fairy tales, as well as academic articles on fairy tales. April 15, 2006 Secret of the Three Treasures is now available. To read an excerpt, visit the new Secret of the Three Treasures web site. April 4, 2006 April's story is "Exchange Student." Look for Secret of the Three Treasures in just a couple of weeks! February 28, 2006 March's story is "Water's Edge." February 26, 2006 A recording of "Practical Villainy" is now online through Escape Pod. (Teen/adult short story.) February 23, 2006 Cover art for Secret of the Three Treasures is now online . February 3, 2006 February's story is "Frog Princes ." December 31. 2005 A good new year to all! January's story is "Raising Jenny." December 29, 2005 "Free Will Baby" (teen/adult short story) is online at Escape Pod. "Sarah's Window," which appeared in Realms of Fantasy a few years ago, will be reprinted in Tales of the Talisman next spring. December 7, 2005 "Song for Two Voices" (teen/adult short story) is now out in Crossroads and Other Tales of Valdemar. I talk a little here about the process of writing and rewriting this story. December 1, 2005 A winter story for December: "Windwood Rose." November 1, 2005 For the month of November, my short story "Alien Promises" is online. Enjoy! October 21, 2005 Secret of the Three Treasures is now available for pre-order from Amazon. October 1, 2005 Happy October! To celebrate Halloween, I've put a story on the web site this month. Enjoy! September 20, 2005 Tiernay West, Professional Adventurer is now titled Secret of the Three Treasures. Look for it in Spring 2006! "Song for Two Voices" will appear in Crossroads and Other Tales of Valdemar this December. "Stone Tower" has received an honorable mention in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror. June 1 , 2005 "Five Reasons Not to Self-Publish" is now online at Reflection's Edge. This Tangent Online review of Say ... Have You Heard This One? says nice things about "Practical Villainy." May 26, 2005 The podcast of "Three Wish Habit" (teen/adult short story) is now available for download. (Yes, that was fast. :-) May 22, 2005 Learned today that "Three Wish Habit" will be recorded for Escape Pod's science fiction podcast magazine. May 7, 2005 Say ... Have You Heard This One?--containing my short story, "Practical Villainy"--is now available for ordering online . April 25, 2005 "Song for Two Voices" will be published in a yet-to-be-titled Valdemar anthology (edited by Mercedes Lackey, to be published by DAW Books in 2006). April 12, 2005 Tiernay West, Professional Adventurer (working title) will be published in Spring 2006. Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales is on VOYA's Best Science Fiction, and Horror list for 2004. February 9, 2005 Visit Tiernay West's Adventurer Journal! A place for news about Tiernay West Professional Adventurer (working title), and also for more general adventurer links and stories. January 21, 2005 Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales is on this year's YALSA list of Best Books for Young Adults. The anthology (which includes my story, "Stone Tower") has also received starred reviews from Kirkus, Horn Book, and Booklist. November 30, 2004 "Practical Villainy," will appear in the magazine Say ... Have You Heard This One? in late May. November 29, 2004 Some of my nonfiction articles written for Washington University Magazine are now online: November 16, 2004 Part 1 of "Tearing Down the Unicorns" is now in the November issue of Cricket. (And Kelly Murphy's illustrations are just lovely!) September 7, 2004 Half Human (containing my short story, "Water's Edge"), is now available in paperback. July 30, 2004 Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales is now available. December 27, 2003 "Winter Stories" will appear on Story House's December 31 labels. (For information on how to order a copy, see my weblog.) November 3, 2003 Tiernay West, Professional Adventurer (working title) will be published by Holiday House. The short version is that this is a middle grade novel about a kid who wants to live a life of high adventure, isn't willing to wait until she grows up to do so, and isn't about to let the fact that she's stuck with an otherwise ordinary suburban life get in her way. July 21, 2003 Short story news: "Stone Tower" will be published in Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales (Candlewick, Fall 2004). "Heart's Desire" will be published in Cricket. June 3, 2003 My poem, "Advice," is now out in Mythic Delirium Eight. November 19, 2002 "Tearing Down the Unicorns" is going to be reprinted in Cricket magazine as a two-part serial! "Whispers," has sold to Story House Coffees. "Winter Stories" will appear on Story House's labels December 11. September 17, 2002 Fall appearances:
If you're at any of these events, say hello. I recently designed a website for writer and storyteller Wendie Old. September 1, 2002 I've sold my first poem. "Advice" will appear in Mythic Delirium. August 27, 2002 "Water's Edge" received an honorable mention in Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling's The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror. July 17, 2002 I've sold "Winter Stories" to Story House Coffee. July 10, 2002 I'll be joining other Tucson authors for a Women in Science Fiction/Fantasy book signing and panel discussion this weekend. Where: Reader's Oasis, 3400 E. Speedway Blvd., #114 December 14, 2001 "One Wish" will appear on Story House's coffee labels December 26. Half Human has gotten good reviews from Kirkus, VOYA, and School Library Journal. November 9, 2001 Half Human, an anthology containing my story "Water's Edge," is now available. I'll be at reading at TusCon, Tucson's science fiction convention, this weekend. October 4, 2001 I've sold "One Wish" to Story House Coffees, a company that publishes short shorts--on coffee labels! July 22, 2001 Ghosts and Golems, an anthology containing one of my short stories, is now available from either Amazon.com or the Jewish Publication Society. May 14, 2001 I'll be signing books Sunday, May 20, 1:00-3:00 p.m. at Tucson's Reader's Oasis bookstore, along with YA SF author Pete Hauptman. April 11, 2001 I've been reviewing galleys for the two new short stories due out this fall. I also now have publication dates: "Hanukkah Light" will appear in Ghosts and Golems this July; "Water's Edge" will appear in Half Human in November. January 5, 2001 Happy new year! I'll be signing books on Saturday, January 13, 2:00-4:00 p.m. at Reader's Oasis bookstore, along with other local science fiction and fantasy writers. I'm currently writing a young adult fantasy novel while shopping around a middle grade adventure novel. September 21, 2000 I sold "Hanukah Light" to an anthology of ghost stories to be published by the Jewish Publication Society. July 30, 2000 I recently sold a short story, "Water's Edge," to Bruce Coville's Half Human. "Raising Jenny," received an honorable mention in Gardner Dozois' Year's Best Science Fiction. June 19, 2000 And as you can see, since my last update I've moved these pages to their own domain, www.simner.com. This also means I have a new, easy-to-remember email address, janni@simner.com. In May, I read and signed stories at the local Barnes & Noble, along with fellow Tucson writers Catherine Wells, Judith Tarr, Kate Daniel, and Dennis McKiernan. I've also started leading a Girl Scout troop, which has been both challenging and a lot of fun. July 28, 1999 I'm joining Thomas Harlan and Dennis McKiernan for a booksigning at the Tucson Mall Waldenbooks this weekend: Saturday, July 31, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Stop in and say hello. July 11, 1999 It's now monsoon season here, and we've had some spectacular gully-washing thunderstorms. "Steel Penny" received an honorable mention in Gardner Dozois' Year's Best Science Fiction. "Raising Jenny" continues to get good reviews. Here's a review in Tangent Online. I spent a lovely long weekend with a couple of other writers at the Tucson Bed and Breakfast The Congenial Quail, where we wrote and held an informal retreat. I thoroughly recommend this sort of in-town getaway to anyone who needs to reenergize their writing! March 22, 1999 It's spring in the desert! We haven't had much rain, so the wildflowers aren't as spectacular as last year, but I can smell blooming plants everywhere, and the chatter of bird song has grown noticeably louder. My newest short story, "Raising Jenny," is now out in Constance Ash's Not of Woman Born, an adult science fiction anthology. The SFSite had some nice things to say about the story. I also discovered that "Steel Penny" was reviewed in Tangent Online. I recently signed books at Harelson and Copper Creek Elementary Schools. I've added a bunch of new sites to my links page. February 12, 1999 Not much to report here. I'm working on a couple of fiction projects and continuing to take on web design and business writing clients, too. Last night I was a guest at Roadrunner Elementary School's Author Night. It's winter here in the Sonoran Desert, and while the weather's been properly chilly, we haven't had enough rain yet. Hopefully we'll get a few more inches before spring! November 1, 1998 I'll be reading this weekend at TusCon (Tucson's science fiction convention). November 3 is my birthday, but more importantly, it's election day. If you're over 18, don't forget to vote. If you're under 18, remind those around you. September 24, 1998 I'm reading some scary stories at the Tucson Borders (4235 N. Oracle Rd.) this Halloween: October 31, 5:00 p.m. If you're in the area, stop by and say hello! September 15, 1998 More writing (I'm working on a couple of young adult novels right now), more web work (visit the new Photographic Journeys web page), and more new links. August 25, 1998 About a week ago I expanded the biography on my Home Page; this week I've added a few more sites to my Links Page. August 15, 1998 As you can see, I've finally redesigned my web pages. Let me know what you think! August 1, 1998 As of today, I'm officially a full-time freelancer. :-) Look for new stories this summer in Realms of Fantasy magazine (June issue) and A Glory of Unicorns. |
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