Helping to Change the World…Word by Word
The Steve Laube Agency
Helping to Change the World Word by Word
Watch this fun performance of twelve pianists playing at the same time. It could have been called “Piano for 24 Hands.”
There is a metaphor here. This performance is a bit like the publishing experience. If you look closely, you can see editorial, sales, marketing, and some booksellers all working from the same page of music. Music written by an author who is not on the stage!
As the calendar flips another page, I am reminded of the inexorable passage of time. Below is a great video that creates a visual reminder of the “number of our days” (Psalm 90:12). Watch the video now, and then rejoin my thoughts underneath. (If you receive this via email, the video may not embed. Please click through to the site and watch it. Only two minutes long but forever a …
A writer spends hours, months, and even years in isolation practicing their art. But it can feel like the gerbil in the cage running on its wheel. They go forward a few steps and back a few steps. They might even get turned upside down only to fall, often without anyone to notice. While there is length to the journey, it doesn’t always seem to be going anywhere. Eventually, their craft …
The story (I mean song) that never ends. Too funny! Enjoy today’s video. And then remember that when you end your novel or your nonfiction book, leave readers wanting more and don’t drag it out endlessly.
Below is a nice visual reminder from Grammarcheck.net about basic writing mistakes that people make. Do you have others to add? Source: www.grammarcheck.net
Talent can be found using the most common devices in the most unusual ways!
A couple years ago the Author’s Guild released a survey revealing that very few writers earn a liveable wage based on their income from writing. In fact, most earn less than the poverty line. Publishers Weekly reported the findings this way: “The survey, which drew responses from 5,699 published authors, found that in 2022, their median gross pretax income from their books was $2,000. When …
Happy Friday the 13th! Enjoy today’s fun video of a delightful impressionist on America’s Got Talent.
For some wild reason, this sentence makes perfect sense. “All the faith he had had had had no effect on the outcome of his life.” and “It is true for all that that that that that that that refers to is not the same that that that that refers to.” (“That” one is from The English Club.) and “No word begins with because, because, because is a …
