322: Wanda Penalver Bevan - Author of The Rains of Wishton

This week's guest is Wanda Penalver Bevan (The Rains of Wishton, The Book Reality Experience, February 2025). We discuss writing dual timelines, point of view, and what it's like to write a "story within a story". Wanda describes how she used an existing book club as beta readers before her book was published, her experiences with a hybrid press, and her "try everything and find out what sticks" approach to marketing.   WANDA PENALVER BEVAN was born in Ithaca, New York. A graduate of Northwestern University, she's worked as an actress, legal assistant, event manager, and hotel industry professional. She's the songwriter of Little Girl, a tribute to the youngest victim of the 2011 Tucson shooting that wounded former Arizona congresswoman, Gabby Giffords, and her poem America's Child is on display at the Oklahoma City National Memorial honoring those who perished in the federal building bombing in 1995. Her latest book, The Rains of Wishton (2025) is the second in the Wishton series, following her first novel, Their Souls Met in Wishton, (2016).  She is also the author of A Slow Dance in Memoriam and Other Poems, (2022), a poetry anthology. After three decades in southern California, Wanda now lives in Phoenix.   To learn more, go to Wanda's website https://www.wandaswayiswrite.com/about