https://www.andrewsimonet.com/home daily 1.0 2026-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57bf309d46c3c410fdf9cc34/1472491155320-3AVT4RKJCVZ2Y7D5XACQ/Aro+Ha_1183.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594bc769e4fcb50afe6f263f/75ee42b5-65b4-4b2e-aa86-251dc152c2ef/andrew-3.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594bc769e4fcb50afe6f263f/1618413933556-7YSKC9AIW7ME6HDL93UD/A+NIGHT+TWICE+AS+LONG+final+cover.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594bc769e4fcb50afe6f263f/84a8b8c5-9782-42d3-9eb0-bb215196f041/hi-mark+explained.png Home - I use human intelligence. I write my novels using only human intelligence—my own, and that of my dear fellow artists, my agent, my editor. The human hand in the creation of art and culture is not an inefficiency to be eliminated; it is essential and defining. Every song, story, image, dance, film ever made (before this decade) was imagined and created by humans exclusively, human beings with a real and mortal stake in remaining alive. I don’t want computers allowed to vote because they don’t need clean air or water or functioning public schools. And I don’t want computers making my culture because they do not have a stake in, or even a comprehension of, human survival. They have never felt physical pain or pleasure. They have never had their hearts broken. They have never eaten a meal. They have never experienced time. Want to use the mark or learn more? Info and free downloadable hi-marks can be found here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594bc769e4fcb50afe6f263f/1618412283783-IAG3Y4R9O877YT4V9UMJ/first+lines.jpg Home - The quiet milestone: Finishing A Night Twice as Long celebrating the under celebrated moment of finishing a novel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594bc769e4fcb50afe6f263f/1570484963091-YV3TV3YHY4PNP8105YA8/New%2Bscreenshot.jpg Home - I have good news for artists and writers. my commencement speech at Rowan University https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594bc769e4fcb50afe6f263f/1552588394311-MNAGOO2TVE9UL7X8DCRS/Subirdia7.jpg Home - I wrote about my shift from choreographer to author and the long long journey of making art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594bc769e4fcb50afe6f263f/1552588775093-PKWOW6XBQVM2RTL4HW0V/_W4A1715.jpg Home - I wrote about launching my novel and heading to paradise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594bc769e4fcb50afe6f263f/1570484674342-AZX2YM6FZJS04DZPVMBR/IMG_4635%2B%25281%2529.jpg Home - “Now that you’re published, everything’s easy, right?” https://www.andrewsimonet.com/annotations daily 0.75 2018-08-06 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/594bc769e4fcb50afe6f263f/t/5b685c1488251b7c3dfa82eb/1533561001396/ Annotations https://static1.squarespace.com/static/594bc769e4fcb50afe6f263f/5b6848790e2e72aae8bc61be/5b68488baa4a99f211e73413/1533561001396/ Annotations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594bc769e4fcb50afe6f263f/1533561883128-M7SCAG3RIXIQ6UY8JL2N/annotations1.jpg Annotations Performing a dance called Metropolis (inspired by the movie), Painted Bride Art Center, 1996. Duet with my collaborator David. I’m on the ground, and he jumps over me and lands on my head, his thick foot slamming my skill into the stage floor. Flash of light in my brain, a full restart. I look around. What are all these pretty lights pointing at me? And what’s David doing? I looked down at my costume and thought: God, I would never wear these clothes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594bc769e4fcb50afe6f263f/1533562135369-G5AXF3WPLZMYEXBPLPZV/annotations2.jpg Annotations In high school, I had a nemesis. Arrogant rich kid. I told him off in English class one day. “Are you gonna be an ignorant #*@! the rest of your life?” Our teacher—grey-haired Jamaican guy, called me SeeMohNay—told me to sit down, but didn’t get mad. Cause my nemesis was an ignorant #*@!. I walked out, pleased wih myself, and a kid said: “You dish it out, but can you take it?” That stung. Cause I couldn’t. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594bc769e4fcb50afe6f263f/1533565263282-4JI24SIRQ7ODKEH255KE/annotations3.jpg Annotations My dad mostly raised me, and he worked two jobs when I was in high school. We weren’t always close during those years. I could go days without seeing him. My friend, who ate dinner with both parents every night, said: “It’s like you live alone.” Until that moment, I hadn’t seen it. It seemed temporary. Haven’t seen my dad for a couple days. I’m always startled by what people—what I—can get used to, what I stop noticing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594bc769e4fcb50afe6f263f/1533565618986-N7MIADBAIOXUUORMWJZC/annotations4.jpg Annotations I do work wth artists around how we make sustainable lives. A performing artist told me his negotiating trick. Figure out a good fee for the gig (say it’s $2,000) and say: “How close can you get to $2,000?” Then shut up. Don’t talk. Don’t fill the silence. Don’t apologize or offer to do it for less. Wait. it works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594bc769e4fcb50afe6f263f/1533565964183-SRYFWNY41550IB6XL7B7/annotations5.jpg Annotations We used this on the back cover minus pissing. I fought for it. Turns out, “piss my knickers” is not good marketing language. My editor wanted to make a joke, put a funny picture in an email to me, so she googled “piss my knickers.” Don’t google “piss my knickers.” https://www.andrewsimonet.com/wilder daily 0.75 2022-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594bc769e4fcb50afe6f263f/1531515413624-U9KP9QYAX9CG52EQFKW7/WILDER%2BFINAL%2BCOVER%2B12.21.17.jpg WILDER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594bc769e4fcb50afe6f263f/1536080545660-8AAPJRG4KELKJDE9XDXJ/annotations1.jpg WILDER Performing a dance called Metropolis (inspired by the movie), Painted Bride Art Center, 1996. Duet with my collaborator David. I’m on the ground, and he jumps over me and lands on my head, his thick foot slamming my skill into the stage floor. Flash of light in my brain, a full restart. I look around. What are all these pretty lights pointing at me? And what’s David doing? I looked down at my costume and thought: God, I would never wear these clothes.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594bc769e4fcb50afe6f263f/1536081331472-IHRHVP3BDAIGQAXZGI62/annotations4.jpg WILDER I do work wth artists around how we make sustainable lives. A performing artist told me his negotiating trick. Figure out a good fee for the gig (say it’s $2,000) and say: “How close can you get to $2,000?” Then shut up. Don’t talk. Don’t fill the silence. Don’t apologize or offer to do it for less. Wait. it works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594bc769e4fcb50afe6f263f/1536080567025-WPCZ5RN4TP8JSXI0RL4D/annotations2.jpg WILDER In high school, I had a nemesis. Arrogant rich kid. I told him off in English class one day. “Are you gonna be an ignorant #*@! the rest of your life?” Our teacher—grey-haired Jamaican guy, called me SeeMohNay—told me to sit down, but didn’t get mad. Cause my nemesis was an ignorant #*@!. I walked out, pleased wih myself, and a kid said: “You dish it out, but can you take it?” That stung. Cause I couldn’t. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594bc769e4fcb50afe6f263f/1536081361384-NQRNN1L6RXYM3O3I2KPN/annotations3.jpg WILDER My dad mostly raised me, and he worked two jobs when I was in high school. We weren’t always close during those years. I could go days without seeing him. My friend, who ate dinner with both parents every night, said: “It’s like you live alone.” Until that moment, I hadn’t seen it. It seemed temporary. Haven’t seen my dad for a couple days. I’m always startled by what people—what I—can get used to, what I stop noticing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/594bc769e4fcb50afe6f263f/1536081381978-KU9P6P3I570U6C5ZM7DR/annotations5.jpg WILDER We used this on the back cover minus pissing. I fought for it. Turns out, “piss my knickers” is not good marketing language. 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And most thrillingly/embarrassingly, I will be part of a group of authors staging scenes from our novels at the Upper West Side Barnes and Noble. Info here. Baltimore’s CityLit Festival Saturday, April 27 I am on a panel with Susan Muaddi Darraj, who will introduce one of the first ever middle-grade series about an Arab-American girl, Tiffany D. Jackson, author of Monday's Not Coming, and Sharon G. Flake, who's celebrating the 20th anniversary of The Skin I'm In. 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