The Steve Laube Agency is committed to providing top quality guidance to authors and speakers. Our years of experience and success brings a unique service to our clients. We focus primarily in the Christian marketplace and have put together an outstanding gallery of authors and speakers whose books continue to make an impact throughout the world.
Our Service Philosophy
Content
To help the author develop and create the best book possible. Material that has both commercial appeal and long-term value.
Career
To help the author determine the next best step in their writing career. Giving counsel regarding the subtleties of the marketplace as well as the realities of the publishing community.
Contract
To help the author secure the best possible contract. One that partners with the best strategic publisher and one that is mutually beneficial for all parties involved.
Recent Posts
Tamela Hancock Murray Named Agent of the Year!
We are very pleased to announce that during the recent ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers) annual event in Memphis that Tamela was named Agent of the Year! ACFW has the largest gathering of Christian fiction authors in the country.
This is the second time she has received this honor!
I can personally attest to Tamela’s abilities and her success. She works extremely hard and loves her clients. Few in our industry can match her understanding of the Christian romance genre. I am so proud to have her as part of our agency.
Join me in giving her hearty congratulations!
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The Art of Persuasive Writing Series (3 of 7): A Good Argument Has a Shape
Even strong ideas lose their force when they are poorly arranged because readers depend on structure far more than writers sometimes realize. You just read this opening sentence and are already forming an impression of whether the rest of this article is worth reading! If my direction remains unclear, your attention will fade; and once that happens, even the best material struggles to recover. A persuasive argument, therefore, requires a clear and deliberate shape. The opening establishes orientation by showing what is at stake and why it matters. This does not require elaborate language or artificial clickbait urgency. The reader …
Fun Fridays – August 28, 2026
Rumors that this is photographic evidence of the antics of a certain literary agent are unfounded. But someone did take the photo. ShareTweet
Stopping the “It Depends” Response to Questions
I’ve made a very late New Year’s resolution. I am no longer going to respond to every question about book publishing with the noncommittal and vague “It depends.” There’s really only one response to just about every question, and it always comes down to competition in the publishing world. Why are agents so difficult to connect with? Competition. This agency receives several thousand proposals each year from aspiring authors; and among the five agents, we offer representation to less than 1%. Why are traditional publishers so hard to crack? Competition. Most of the books they publish each year are from …
Make Every Scene Matter (Part 2): Three Questions Every Scene Must Answer
In the last post, we looked at the purpose of a scene. We learned that a scene should: earn its place move the story forward reveal character increase tension change the reader’s understanding or set up and pay off something important. So, how do we make that happen? Before revising a scene, ask yourself these three basic questions: What does the character want? What stands in the way? What changes by the end? If you can answer those questions, your scene probably has direction. If you can’t, the scene may have issues. Let’s look at the first question. It’s fairly …