Helping to Change the World…Word by Word
The Steve Laube Agency
Helping to Change the World Word by Word
On Friday the 13th, we must be reminded that there is always “that” backseat driver in the car.
Don’t be “that” this year.
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When we reflect on a prior year, it can be hard to recall highlights or lowlights. They sort of blend together. The constant barrage of wretched news media fills in the moments of silence and crowds out the goodness of God that should be readily apparent in our everyday lives. My attempt in this article is to focus only on our industry, our agency, and a couple of other good things we have going. …
Merry Christmas! We will be taking a Christmas break for the next two weeks. Back with our regular posts on January 9. May you and yours have a blessed and merry Christmas.
When I was a boy, my family had the tradition of opening our gifts on Christmas Eve. But another tradition was that there would be one more gift waiting for us the next morning, Christmas day, from “Santa.” I have a vivid memory, as a little boy, of being disappointed one Christmas Eve that the thing I wanted most was not among my unwrapped presents. However, I knew, I was just certain, that it …
Turn the volume up on today’s video to hear the richness of the singing and its crescendo. FYI: The last minute of the video, after the song, is the creator giving his Christmas greeting and an appeal to subscribe. (If you can’t see the video in your email newsletter subscription, click through to the site itself.)
Today’s video is a clever advertisement for the Christmas season. Can you come up with new anagrams for Christmas? Enjoy!
You’ve worked hard. You wrote a great book. You pitched it just right, and the literary agent has called you saying they want to represent you and your project. Hooray! But there are some misunderstandings or myths about what happens next. 1. Your Book Will Soon Be Published Just because an agent has said yes doesn’t guarantee success. Nor does it speed up the inexorable process. Remember that …
Today’s video is a metaphor for a writers conference. I’ll let you figure out the word picture. 🙂 (If you can’t see the video in your email newsletter subscription, click through to the site itself.)
It is undeniable that readers out there who would gobble up your book if only they knew it existed. (Note the post-Thanksgiving pun?) “Discoverability” is a buzzword that describes the effort to have those readers able to discover your book before it is published. The more your target audience knows you exist, the more successful you will be as an author. Your mission is to connect …
