Kim Neville

I’m taking a photography class, something I’ve wanted to do ever since Shane gave me a Canon Eos Rebel XTi two Christmases ago. It’s a fantastic camera, and I’ve not been using it to its fullest potential. To be honest, until two weeks ago I’d never taken it off the automatic setting. I was just pointing and shooting — taking snapshots.

Considering 1) I love taking photographs and 2) I have some ideas for projects that combine writing and photographic images, I decided it was time to get pro with the Canon.

I have much to learn. But oh my, it is good fun.

Kim Vancouver goodness I love Vancouver, Jericho Beach, photography

I think I forgot to mention that One Shoe Highway was rejected by Clarkesworld. It was, and I subsequently sent it out again. I got a rejection from The Pedestal as well, but it was one of the nice kinds — they enjoyed the story, they only decided to pass after “careful consideration”, and please send more.

Kim The rejection files One Shoe Highway, rejection, submissions

This morning I was thinking about a new short story I’m working on, and it occurred to me that I have an obsession with missing persons. People are always disappearing in my stories. I wonder why that is?

On a completely unrelated note, I came across this photo I took almost exactly one year ago. This is what PEI beaches look like in the wintertime. Desolate, no? It reminded me how much different last February was for me. Oh, how glad I am to be back on the West Coast.

Kim Writing life I love Vancouver, PEI, vanishing, Writing life