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Kaylin R. Adkins

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Born

in Huntington, The United States

Website

https://www.hourglassmedia.company

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Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir

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Kaylin R. Staten, APR (formally Adkins), is an award-winning, accredited public relations practitioner and writer based in Huntington, WV, with 18 years of professional communications experience. As CEO and founder of Hourglass Media, she uses her compassionate spirit and expertise to delve into the heart of clients’ stories. She is a recovering perfectionist, mental health advocate, wife, boy + cat mom, and Leia Organa aficionado.

Note: Her professional name changed to Kaylin R. Staten in May 2017.

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Building Your Makeup Arsenal: The Best Beauty Products for #Girlbosses

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It’s no secret that image is everything in public relations, whether you like that fact or not. If you find yourself underneath the bright LED lights in your local (or even national!) television studio, have to speak in front of 100 or so people at a press conference announcing a new product launch or just want to look put together on a daily basis, what are some ways you ca

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The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

by Katherine May

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