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Ink in Your Veins

On Circling the Laptop, with Marybeth Mayhew Whalen

Ep. 489

Do you also circle the laptop like it might be venomous? You'll love this episode! 


Marybeth Mayhew Whalen is the author of Every Moment Since and 9 previous novels. Marybeth received a BA in English with a concentration in Writing and Editing from NC State University a long time ago and has been writing ever since. She is the co-founder of The Book Tide, an online community of readers where "a rising tide raises all books." Marybeth and her husband Curt are the parents of six kids who are now all in various stages of adulting. A native of Charlotte, NC, Marybeth now calls Sunset Beach, NC home. 


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