Steve Laube

Ask Me Anything – TeleSeminar Invitation

By Steve Laubeon January 16, 2017

If you could ask me ANY question you wanted about writing or publishing for the Christian writer, what would your question be?

Here is your chance. I will be the guest on a live 70 minute TeleSeminar hosted by Terry Whalin tomorrow, January 17th at 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern Time. The event is free.

All you need to do is write your question at http://www.askstevelaube.com.

In exchange for entering your question and email address you will receive a PDF of my 47-page ebook, Book Proposal Tips & Tricks. Plus you’ll receive phone access and webcast access to Terry Whalin and me for the LIVE telecast. You simply call-in and listen to the conversation.

If you can’t make the time of the call, please go ahead and sign up anyway. The entire teleseminar will be recorded and everyone who signs up will receive an email with the replay link.

For questions that cannot be fit into the time restraints I will try to get them answered in future blog posts.

I look forward to hearing from you!

Will Your Author Website Disappear from Google Searches?

By Steve Laubeon January 9, 2017

Last month we moved our website to a new host server. As part of the move we discovered that we needed to change the security for the site. If you look carefully at the URL when visiting the site you’ll notice that it now has “https” at the beginning instead of “http”. The “s” at the end indicates there is a level of security on the site that was not …

Category: Marketing, TechnologyTag: Author Websites, Google+, Technology

Fun Fridays – January 6, 2017

By Steve Laubeon January 6, 2017

A perfect picture of how we should celebrate the new year! from the forthcoming book Great Dane Chronicles by Andy Seliverstoff. (Follow this link to see more photos from the book.)

Category: Fun Fridays

2016: A Year in Review

By Steve Laubeon January 2, 2017

It is time to take a look at our past year and reflect on all the things that have happened. It is a recitation of good things and not so good things. But all were under the sovereignty of God and as such we give all glory to Him. (If you’d like to look at previous annual reports they can be found here: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2009.) The Agency Continues to Have Success We (the four of us) …

Category: Agency, Book Business, Personal, Publishing News, The Publishing Life, The Writing LifeTag: Book Business, Year in Review

2017 Christian Writers Market Guide Now Online!

By Steve Laubeon December 26, 2016

The 2017 edition of The Christian Writers Market Guide is officially available in print and ebook (paperback $22.99, ebook $9.99). Check your favorite bookstore or online retailer for a copy. Make sure you have a copy of this book in your arsenal! We are also very excited to announce that all the content of the guide is now available online via a subscription service (click here to see for …

Category: Book of the Month, Book Proposals, Career, Christian Writers Institute, Get Published, Technology, The Writing LifeTag: Christian Writers Market Guide, Get Published

Fun Fridays – December 23, 2016

By Steve Laubeon December 23, 2016

May you have a blessed Christmas! Today’s video starts with a quote from Scrooge which sounds like some of the things we see and read during this beautiful season. Thankfully there is another message that is found in Advent. Enjoy this poignant message.

Category: Fun Fridays

Why We Blog

By Steve Laubeon December 19, 2016

Week after week we try to post something meaningful for you to read. Over the years we’ve posted over 1,450 times. It can be a lot of work. So why do we do it? Mission It is part of our mission to help writers, no matter where they are on their publishing journey. Everyone has to start somewhere and we hope to help make the travels a little less confusing. The business of writing can be hard …

Category: Agency, PersonalTag: Agency, blogging

Fun Fridays – December 16, 2016

By Steve Laubeon December 16, 2016

This is a Christmas video you absolutely must watch.

Category: Fun Fridays

Writers Learn to Wait

By Steve Laubeon December 5, 2016

Good publishing takes time. Time to write well. Time to edit well. Time to find the right agent. Time to find the right publisher. Time to edit again and re-write. Time to design well. Time to market well. While there can be a lot of activity it still feels like “time” is another word for “wait.” No one likes to wait for anything. Our instant society (everything from …

Category: Book Business, Contracts, Get Published, Indie, Marketing, Steve, The Publishing Life, The Writing LifeTag: Agents, Book Business, Contracts, Editors, Get Published, Marketing, Traditional Publishing

Fun Fridays – December 2, 2016

By Steve Laubeon December 2, 2016

This is way too much fun. Imagine an entire gymnasium, on its home court, during a college basketball game, being completely silent…until something special happens. Enjoy this ESPN story about a Taylor University tradition.

Category: Fun Fridays