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Bones of Faerie: Book 1 of the Bones of Faerie Trilogy
Bones of Faerie: Book 1 of the Bones of Faerie Trilogy

In a post-apocalyptic world scarred by Faerie magic, Liza begins a journey that could heal two worlds—or destroy them both.

2020

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Janni Lee Simner
Janni Lee Simner

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Oct 18

These Fragments I Have Shored Against Our Ruins

Some things I’ve been holding to in recent days: “Side with the child over the gun every single time, no matter whose gun and no matter whose child.” -Naomi Klein, Side With the Child Over the Gun, “We can refuse to root for the safety and lives and rights of…

October 7

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These Fragments I Have Shored Against Our Ruins
These Fragments I Have Shored Against Our Ruins
October 7

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Jun 22

Too close

Too soon? Originally published at https://www.simner.com on June 22, 2023.

Icarus

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Too close
Too close
Icarus

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Jun 22

“She fought for her dream. She fought for her friends. She fought for the world.”

Microsoft Bing gets its chance to become a novelist — and politely declines. — In previous posts I asked ChatGPT and Google Bard to write novels for me. Now it was Microsoft Bing’s turn. Since I’d already gone around with ChatGPT and Bard giving me summaries of stories instead of actual stories, I decided to be up-front about what I wanted from Bing.

Writing

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“She fought for her dream. She fought for her friends. She fought for the world.”
“She fought for her dream. She fought for her friends. She fought for the world.”
Writing

5 min read


Jun 6

“The young woman stood on the edge of the cliff, looking out at the vast ocean below”

Google Bard tries its (metaphorical) hand at writing a novel. — Yesterday, I posted a “novel” written by ChatGPT. Today, I decided to see if Google Bard could do any better. Like ChatGPT, Bard couldn’t stay with the thread of any story for long. It didn’t even try. I’d ask it for a first chapter, and Bard would dutifully label it…

AI

4 min read

“The young woman stood on the edge of the cliff, looking out at the vast ocean below”
“The young woman stood on the edge of the cliff, looking out at the vast ocean below”
AI

4 min read


Jun 6

“The nightmare shattered into a thousand shards of darkness”

I went ahead and asked ChatGPT to write a novel. Here are the results. — Last October, I tried feeding the opening of Pride and Prejudice to some AI content generators. The results were by turns ridiculous and intriguing. A little more than a month later, ChatGPT was released. …

AI

19 min read

“The nightmare shattered into a thousand shards of darkness”
“The nightmare shattered into a thousand shards of darkness”
AI

19 min read


Jan 1

Stepping forward. Stepping back. Stepping forward once more.

Honestly, I’m not sure I’m ready for a new year. There’s so much that feels unresolved from the old year, and the years before it, as well. It’s already been one heck of a decade, and I find myself moving forward with as much trepidation as hope. But, well, time…

New Year

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Stepping forward. Stepping back. Stepping forward once more.
Stepping forward. Stepping back. Stepping forward once more.
New Year

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Nov 30, 2022

“I could never explain how a story could be worth more than a dance with a prince”

My short story “Heart’s Desire” is now online at Read Me A Story, Ink., a reading resource site for kids, parents, and teachers. Take a look--or a listen! “PERFUME SCENTED the air as my stepsisters left the house, trading names of princes they longed to dance with at the ball…

Cinderella

2 min read

“I could never explain how a story could be worth more than a dance with a prince”
“I could never explain how a story could be worth more than a dance with a prince”
Cinderella

2 min read


Nov 8, 2022

TusCon!

I’ll be back at TusCon Science Fiction Convention for the first time in three years this Saturday, November 12. If you’re in Tucson, come say hi — either at my panel and signing, or at any time during the day! Weird Things We Thought As Kids - With Janni Lee Simner, Catherine Wells, Eric T. Knight, Jay Smith, Jessica Feinberg, Joe Palmer - 9 a.m., Ballroom Autograph Session - With Janni Lee Simner, Ross Lampert, S.A. Bradley, Jill Bauman, and Linda D Addison - 4 p.m., Autograph Area

Writing

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TusCon!
TusCon!
Writing

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Oct 15, 2022

I fed the opening of Pride and Prejudice to fourteen AI content generators. Here’s what happened.

So there I was, scrolling through social media, when an ad popped up on my feed. “Write blog posts 10X faster with robots!” it said. O-kay, I thought. Sure. What could possibly go wrong? A bit of googling later, I’d fallen down the rabbit hole of AI content generation-sites that…

Content Writing

7 min read

I fed the opening of Pride and Prejudice to fourteen AI content generators. Here’s what happened.
I fed the opening of Pride and Prejudice to fourteen AI content generators. Here’s what happened.
Content Writing

7 min read


Oct 4, 2022

Autumn sneaks in in the desert

Autumn sneaks in in the desert. Not with changing leaves, but with the shifting angle of the sun. With a hint of coolness in the mornings and evenings, while the days continue to burn. Autumn sneaks in in the desert. So too, Rosh Hashanah, the new year, sneaks up on…

Rosh Hashanah

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Autumn sneaks in in the desert
Autumn sneaks in in the desert
Rosh Hashanah

1 min read

Janni Lee Simner

Janni Lee Simner

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Novelist = Creator of impossible worlds. Blogger = Trying to understand and improve the possible world we humans share. https://www.simner.com/fiction/

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