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Tips for entrepreneurial authors.

Which is Correct: Capital City or Capitol City?

By Jared Dees

I majored in history and I was a middle school social studies teacher. Yet, I found myself looking this up many times over the years. Hopefully this short guide will help other writers, teachers, and students out there. Capital vs. Capitol Capitol = Building Capital = City Therefore, the Capitol building is in the Washington,…

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March 24, 2020 Filed Under: Author Tips, Which is correct?

Which is Correct: Coronavirus or Corona Virus? (One word or two?)

By Jared Dees

News and social media posts about COVID-19 are everywhere. I have seen it spelled both ways, but which is correct: coronavirus or corona virus? Is it one word or two words? Coronavirus Regardless of what auto-correct and spell checks might tell you, the correct way to refer to this pandemic is: coronavirus (one word). Here…

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March 16, 2020 Filed Under: Author Tips, On Writing, Which is correct?

Gary Vaynerchuk’s Content Model

By Jared Dees

Gary Vaynerchuk’s team puts out a lot of content on social media. How do they come up with so many ideas? How do they have so much to share with Gary Vee is running a multi-million dollar company? His team just put out a great Slideshare summary of the process they use on social media…

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July 31, 2018 Filed Under: Author Tips, Marketing, On Entrepreneurship

Two Types of Social Media Content for Authors

By Jared Dees

The Book Designer recently offered some guidance for authors planning Instagram content: Post content to appeal to a “bookish” audience. Post content to appeal to an audience that loves the themes of your books. The common theme is clear: share posts that reflect a shared love between you and your audience. Do you love books?…

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July 30, 2018 Filed Under: Author Tips, Marketing

Don’t Wait for Ideal Circumstances to Write (A Writing Lesson from E. B. White)

By Jared Dees

I really needed to read this quote this week from E. B. White: I’m able to work fairly well among ordinary distractions. My house has a living room that is at the core of everything that goes on: it is a passageway to the cellar, to the kitchen, to the closet where the phone lives….

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July 29, 2018 Filed Under: Author Tips, My Fiction Journey, On Writing

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Jared Dees is passionate about sharing practical resources to teach faith. He is best known for his website The Religion Teacher and is the author of many books including 31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator, To Heal, Proclaim, and Teach, Praying the Angelus, Christ in the Classroom, and Beatitales: 80 Fables about the Beatitudes for Children. See all of Jared's Books →

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