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As a marketing consultant and copy editor, C.G.Koens has been working professionally with individuals and corporations for over a decade to ensure their core messages are clearly communicated to the intended audience, whether that's on a website, through the medium of social media, in a book, blog, newsletter, ebook, or annual report.

Personally, she loves to read, travel, eat, and edit - sometimes in that order, sometimes she mixes it up. Happily married to a fellow INTJ, she's also an adoptive mom of five, loves a good skinny, decaf, caramel macchiato, and is a fan of BBC mystery shows, Indian curry, Parisian cafes, and her passport. A self-proclaimed "work in progress," she embraces a lifestyle of thankfulness, simplicity, stewardship, a ...more

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Last month I read the free ebook, 16 Rules for living with less from The Minimalists. This short book didn't take long to read and basically covers concepts related to clearing out the clutter from your house and life. I've seen their stuff before, so they're not new to me, but an idea that was thrown out there in the book caught my attention and has already resulted in, literally, hundreds of ite

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Mashed Potatoes: A Little Brother Story
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