A NEW ANNE RICE?; LANCASTER GIRL GETS PUBLISHED.Byline: Karen Thacker Community Columnist Chenin Simi already has received her treat this Halloween. At age 12, she has become a published writer. A Halloween story she wrote last year made it into the October/November issue of Girls' Life Girls' Life (ガールズライフ Gāruzu Raifu magazine and she's been aglow ever since. ``I'm excited,'' she admits. Her mother called that an understatement. ``She was jumping off the walls when I said there was a phone call. That was when we didn't even know if it would be published,'' Janine Simi said. ``The Haunted haunt v. haunt·ed, haunt·ing, haunts v.tr. 1. To inhabit, visit, or appear to in the form of a ghost or other supernatural being. 2. Mansion'' was written in a class assignment when Chenin was in sixth grade last year at Nancy Cory Elementary. Stories written by the students were submitted in a contest at the Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). , but none was published. Chenin then pursued the matter on her own. A subscriber to Girls' Life, she saw other stories published in a special reader-produced issue and decided to turn in hers. In August she received a call from Girls' Life asking for her photo and saying the story might be published. She didn't know for sure until the magazine arrived in the mail. Creative writing has come easily for Chenin, who started piecing together stories in first grade. ``She'll go in on the computer and start writing, even when she's off-track, not as an assignment,'' said Janine Simi, a teacher at Nancy Cory School. Ideas for a Halloween haunt haunt v. haunt·ed, haunt·ing, haunts v.tr. 1. To inhabit, visit, or appear to in the form of a ghost or other supernatural being. 2. story were not hard to come by either. Her father, Giovanni Simi, is a member of the Lancaster West Rotary Club that for years sponsored a haunted house A haunted house is defined as building that is believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences or paranormal phenomena.[1] A haunted house may contain ghosts, poltergeists, or even malevolent entities. every Halloween at Jane Reynolds Park. Chenin helped build the house and took part in scaring those who visited. ``I got some of my ideas from that,'' Chenin said. A seventh-grader at Park View Middle School now, Chenin is in the Writer's Club on campus. She recently got to interview teachers at her school and do an article on them. She is writing a ``fractured fairy tale fairy tale Simple narrative typically of folk origin dealing with supernatural beings. Fairy tales may be written or told for the amusement of children or may have a more sophisticated narrative containing supernatural or obviously improbable events, scenes, and personages ,'' an updated version of an old fairy tale, and also writing a legend for another class assignment. She has no doubt she will be submitting other writings for publication or in contests, but writing is not her only plan for the future. Chenin wants to be a lawyer as well and open her own practice with a friend. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color in Verb 1. color in - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" color, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour AV Edition only) Chenin Simi, 12, holds up a scary scar·y adj. scar·i·er, scar·i·est 1. Causing fright or alarm. 2. Easily scared; very timid. scar Halloween story she wrote, published in Girls' Life magazine. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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