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Kim Neville

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Kim Neville is an author and graduate of the Clarion West Writers Workshop, where she found the first shiny piece of inspiration that became The Memory Collectors. When she's not writing she can be found heron-spotting on the seawall or practicing yoga in order to keep calm. She lives near the ocean in Vancouver, Canada, with her husband, daughter, and two cats. The Memory Collectors is her first novel. ...more

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Hello Kim, I recently joined WFWA and found you and your debut in the directory. I immediately ordered The Memory Collectors and was SO pleased to receive a signed copy. What was the most important thing you did to get your book to publication?

Kim Neville Thank you for this great question (and hi, fellow WFWA member)! For me, the biggest thing was persistence. I see a lot of good writers put their manus…moreThank you for this great question (and hi, fellow WFWA member)! For me, the biggest thing was persistence. I see a lot of good writers put their manuscripts away after getting rejections from 5 or 10 agents. With THE MEMORY COLLECTORS, I sent out 67 queries before I landed my agents. It's always disappointing if you don't capture the interest of your dream agent, but you can never really tell who's going to end up being a good fit. As anyone who's on Goodreads knows, the book that one reader thinks is a bore can be a life changer for the next, and it's the same for agents. I got a lot of feedback along the lines of "this is good but not my thing," or "I don't know how to market it", which isn't a surprise for a book that's described as women's fiction, fantasy, fabulism, literary fiction, mystery, and even horror, depending on who you ask. I knew the moment I got on the phone with Melanie and Taylor at Root Literary that they understood exactly the kind of story I'd written and that they were the right agents to sell it. I'd thought about giving up the search many times, and I'm so glad I didn't.(less)

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	The Memory Collectors 3.68 avg rating — 2,886 ratings — published 2021 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shimmer Magazine 17 by E. Catherine Tobler (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Katherine Sparrow (Goodreads Author), Robert N. Lee 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imaginarium 3: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing by Sandra Kasturi (Editor), Helen Marshall (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Colleen Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Maybe you can't force happiness on a person. But you can build a place where a person could find happiness when they're ready for it.”
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“People matter most, Evelyn. Not things. Never forget that.”
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“Remember, the object only reflects a feeling that came from a human. It holds a story from where it came from, but it's not alive.”
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