• Skip to main content
  • Skip to after header navigation
  • Skip to site footer

The Steve Laube Agency

Helping to Change the World…Word by Word

The Steve Laube Agency

The Steve Laube Agency

Helping to Change the World Word by Word

  • Home
  • About
    • Who We Are
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Interview with Steve Laube
    • Statement of Faith
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Privacy Policy
  • Guidelines
  • Authors
    • Who We Represent
    • Awards and Recognition
  • Resources
    • Recommended Reading
    • Christian Writers Market Guide Online
    • Christian Writers Institute
    • Writers Conferences
    • Freelance Editorial Services
    • Copyright Resources
    • Research Tools
    • Selling What You Write
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Twitter
  • FaceBook
  • RSS Feed
  • Get Published
  • Book Proposals
  • Book Business
  • Writing Craft
    • Conferences
    • Copyright
    • Craft
    • Creativity
    • Grammar
  • Fun Fridays
Home » Archives for Steve Laube » Page 41

Steve Laube

Fun Fridays – June 10, 2022

By Steve Laubeon June 10, 2022
Share
Tweet
11

Twenty corny puns to brighten your day.

Don’t blame me if you groan.

  1. To whomever stole my copy of Microsoft Office, I will find you. You have my Word!
  2. How do you catch a whole school of fish? With bookworms.
  3. What’s the difference between the bird flu and the swine flu? One requires tweetment and the other an oinkment.
  4. Why can’t your nose be 12-inches long? Because it would be a foot.
  5. What kind of tree has a hand? A palm tree.
  6. What did the science book say to the math book? Wow, you’ve got problems.
  7. How does the moon cut his hair? Eclipse it.
  8. Why was Cinderella so bad at soccer? She kept running away from the ball!
  9. How did the two cats end their fight? They hissed and made up.
  10. What do you call a boring dinosaur? A dino-snore!
  11. What do lawyers wear to court? Lawsuits.
  12. I went to the zoo and saw a baguette in a cage. The zookeeper said it was bread in captivity!
  13. Why did the man get hit by a bike every day? He was stuck in a vicious cycle.
  14. Why did the golfer bring an extra pair of pants? In case he got a hole in one.
  15. Why does Waldo wear stripes? He doesn’t want to be spotted.
  16. Why do people say “break a leg” when you go on stage? Every play has a cast.
  17. Why wouldn’t the shrimp share his treasure? He’s a little shellfish.
  18. What do you call Chewbacca when he has chocolate stuck in his hair? Chocolate Chip Wookiee.
  19. What falls in winter but never gets hurt? Snow.
  20. Can February March? No, but April May!
Leave a Comment
Category: Fun Fridays

When You Hit the Wall of Discouragement

By Steve Laubeon June 6, 2022
Share
Tweet
30

by Steve Laube
 
I recently received the following question from a client (an award winning author):
Is it common for an author to hit a wall of discouragement? To feel as though they're working so hard for so little? To question why they're doing this?

Unfortunately it is quite common. Doesn't mean it aches any less. Sort of like getting old…everyone does and it aches, but it is a common …

Read moreWhen You Hit the Wall of Discouragement
Category: Book Business, Career, Personal, Writing CraftTag: Career, Discouragement

Fun Fridays – June 3, 2022

By Steve Laubeon June 3, 2022
Share
Tweet
19

Every day I learn something new. Today’s 3-minute video talks about strange concrete arrows in the ground in remote places throughout Utah. Who knew? So, you are all creative people. What metaphor does this make you think of for writers?Or what about the stories of the workers who built them? Is there something fun you could create from that?

Read moreFun Fridays – June 3, 2022
Category: Fun Fridays

Fun Fridays – May 27, 2022

By Steve Laubeon May 27, 2022
Share
Tweet
13

Today’s video left me in awe. Hiromi Uehara takes a familiar melody, Pachabel’s “Canon in D,” but turns it into something breathtaking. It may seem a little strange sounding for the first couple of minutes, but stay with it! You’ll be glad you did. If you can read music, the transcription score of her performance runs throughout the bottom of the video. Dare you try …

Read moreFun Fridays – May 27, 2022
Category: Fun Fridays

Fun Fridays – May 20, 2022

By Steve Laubeon May 20, 2022
Share
Tweet
18

Buddy Greene proves that with enough practice you can play at Carnegie Hall! Sheer brilliance on an unappreciated instrument. It’s great that Bill Gaither showpieced this virtuoso. Hope it inspires you! (If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our site to view it.)

Read moreFun Fridays – May 20, 2022
Category: Fun Fridays

My Editor Made My Book Worse!

By Steve Laubeon May 16, 2022
Share
Tweet
12

by Steve Laube

You just received a 15 page single spaced editorial letter from your publisher. They want you to rewrite most of the book. But you disagree with the letter and are spitting mad. What do you do?

Or your agent took a look at your manuscript and told you to cut it in half to make it sellable. What do you do?

Both examples are true stories and illustrate the universal …

Read moreMy Editor Made My Book Worse!
Category: Craft, Editing, Steve, Writing CraftTag: Editing, Writing Craft

Fun Fridays – May 13, 2022

By Steve Laubeon May 13, 2022
Share
Tweet
5

Today’s video is a clever way to illustrate a charitable need. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra plays Vivaldi’s “Spring” but with one-third of the notes missing, thereby showing that 1/3 of all Cancer Research UK’s funding came from gifts. Very clever. It also illustrates something else. When your manuscript seems to be missing something, this video is what the words …

Read moreFun Fridays – May 13, 2022
Category: Fun Fridays

L Is for Libel

By Steve Laubeon May 9, 2022
Share
Tweet
8

by Steve Laube

 To libel someone is to injure a person’s reputation via the written word (slander is for the spoken word). I wrote recently about Indemnification but only touched on this topic. Let’s try to unpack it a little further today.

First, be aware that the laws that define defamation vary from state to state, however there are some commonly accepted guidelines. Anyone can claim …

Read moreL Is for Libel
Category: Book Business, Contracts, Publishing A-ZTag: Libel, Publishing A-Z

Fun Fridays – May 6, 2022

By Steve Laubeon May 6, 2022
Share
Tweet
15

Not everything is as it seems. Is there a metaphor in this video for the writing life? Which one is your favorite? Mine is the third one. (If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our site to view it.)

Read moreFun Fridays – May 6, 2022
Category: Fun Fridays

Two Mistakes Made in Some Book Proposals

By Steve Laubeon May 2, 2022
Share
Tweet
12

by Steve Laube

Putting together a great book proposal takes a lot of work. I suggest writers look at them as if they were a job application, and they are. You are trying to get someone to pay you to write your book via a stellar "job application" or book proposal.

But every once in a while we get something that is not going to work, for obvious reason. Here are two mistakes:

1. Divine …

Read moreTwo Mistakes Made in Some Book Proposals
Category: Book Proposals, Get Published, PlatformTag: book proposals, Get Published, Platform
  • Previous
  • Page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 39
  • Page 40
  • Page 41
  • Page 42
  • Page 43
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 138
  • Next

Sidebar

Get Blog Updates

Enter your email address to get new blog updates delivered via email. You can unsubscribe at any time.

You have Successfully Subscribed!

Grow as a Writer


Find Out More →

Popular Posts

Top Posts on Book Proposals
  • Hints for a Great Cover Letter
  • The Keys to a Great Book Proposal
  • What Steve Laube is Looking For
  • Book Proposals I’d Love to See – Tamela Hancock Murray
  • What I’m Looking for – Bob Hostetler
  • What I’m Looking for – Dan Balow
  • What I’m Looking for – Lynette Eason
  • What’s the Best Way to Submit My Self-Published Book?
  • What Is the Agent Doing While I Wait?
  • God Gave Me This Blog Post
Top Posts on The Business Side
  • When Your Book Becomes Personal
  • The Myth of the Unearned Advance
  • How Long Does it Take to Get Published?
  • What Are Average Book Sales?
  • Can You Plagiarize Yourself?
  • Never Burn a Bridge
  • Who Decides to Publish Your Book?
  • That Conference Appointment
  • Goodbye to Traditional Publishing?
  • Who Owns Whom in Publishing?
  • Ten Commandments for Working with Your Agent
  • Writers Beware! Protect Yourself
Top Series
  • Book Proposal Basics
  • Publishing A-Z
  • A Defense of Traditional Publishing
Top Posts on Rejection
  • The Slush Pile: Enter at Your Own Risk
  • Even the Best Get Rejected
  • Five Reasons Why You May Never Get Published
  • The Unhelpful Rejection Letter
  • Writers Learn to Wait

Blog Post Archives by Month

  • Home
  • About
    • Who We Are
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Interview with Steve Laube
    • Statement of Faith
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Privacy Policy
  • Guidelines
  • Authors
    • Who We Represent
    • Awards and Recognition
  • Resources
    • Recommended Reading
    • Christian Writers Market Guide Online
    • Christian Writers Institute
    • Writers Conferences
    • Freelance Editorial Services
    • Copyright Resources
    • Research Tools
    • Selling What You Write
  • Blog
  • Contact

Copyright © 2026 · The Steve Laube Agency · All Rights Reserved · Website by Stormhill Media