Helping to Change the World…Word by Word
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Helping to Change the World Word by Word
Will you take a “fun break” with me today? Maybe a smile can help a smidgen. Can’t go wrong with a silly barbershop quartet performance.
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By Steve Laube
It has been said that ninety percent of all problems in the universe are failures in communication. And the other ten percent are failures to understand the failure in communication. In the publishing business, or any business for that matter, this is so true. There are a couple common barriers to effective communication, assumption and expectation.
But I Assumed
Often …
A virtuoso performance, bonus sheet music included! Note the statue in the back. Magnificent. Bravo! [If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our site to view it.]
Since today is the first of June and for some marks the beginning of Summer, I want to recommend you read at least one craft book during these months. Write Better: A Lifelong Editor on Craft, Art, and Spirituality by Andrew T. Le Peau is that book! He worked for over forty years at InterVarsity Press (IVP) and was, for a long time, associate publisher for editorial. That means he knows what …
With every major production there has to be someone “directing.” But it’s always better if that director is excellent, engaging, and entertaining. Enjoy today’s video of one such leader…You simply can’t take your eyes off of him! [If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our site to view it.] HT: …
We are pleased to announce that our site has again been named as one of the “101 Best Websites for Writers” in the newest issue of Writer’s Digest (May/June 2020). This annual list, now in its 22nd year, is a great resource. This year’s collection has 40 new additions (which makes it even nicer to continue to be included). It’s organized into ten categories with our site in the …
Today’s video is rather startling to watch. Titled Every Covid-19 Commercial Is Exactly the Same, it speaks a lot to the challenge of cliche vs. creativity. If you have some thoughts on how you can avoid sounding like the previous proposal in an agent’s stack or like another author in your genre, feel free to weigh in! This is a reality we agents face when working through proposals, …
What makes this video even more amazing is that the singer released it eleven months ago. Who knew how “timely” it would be in 2020? And he works in a large community hospital as a nurse! [If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our site to view it.]
by Steve Laube
The question is not if your hard drive will fail, it is a question of when. At least twice a year I have a client who has lost their hard drive to equipment failure. There was a recent story of an editor at Wired magazine who got hacked via a security hole in his Amazon and Apple accounts. He not only lost data, he lost all the digital pictures of his baby girl. He wrote the …
As things begin to resume, there are some things where bargain shopping is not a good idea. Day care is one of these. Enjoy today’s satirical video for a day-care service that had unexpected results! [If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our site to view it.]
