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Travel: The Businessman versus the Businesswoman

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon July 18, 2013
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Man with red bags at the airport

I thought I’d have a little fun today with the differences we experience in our house when getting ready for a business trip.

My husband preparing for travel:

1.) Make sure hair is freshly cut.

2.) The night before, pack bags. Wife has already ironed shirts and will be folding them to pack.

Me preparing for travel:

1.) Wash all clothes down to the last item so family will have clean laundry while I am away.

2.) Iron husband’s shirts so he will have them for work.

3.) Pack husband’s lunches for the week.

4.) Make special trip to grocery store to buy food to prepare for absence.

5.) Prepare dinners so all they will need is to be reheated. Be sure to include detailed instructions on reheating so as not to receive a phone call asking questions during a meeting. This week’s menu: Vegetarian pizza, tuna rollup, barbeque chicken, baked tacos.

6.) Trip to salon.

7.) Errands that cannot wait.

Your turn:

How about you? Does this sound like your house?

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Category: Humor, TamelaTag: Humor, travel

Attract Attention…(Part Three)

By Karen Ballon July 17, 2013
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BP number one was "Be Professional." Number two was "Be Passionate." The third BP is one I like a lot: Be Plugged In. You need to be the expert on not just your book, but on the readers, the competition, and the craft. Doing that will enable you to equip your team! So…

Know your audience

It’s rare to find a book--or an author--that will be read by everyone. You book should have an …

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Category: Agency, Agents, Creativity, Get Published, Karen, Writing CraftTag: Agents, Get Published

News You Can Use – July 16, 2013

By Steve Laubeon July 16, 2013
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Yesterday I posted on the issue of “Foreign Rights.” Talk about a clunker of a topic! One quarter of the normal readership thought it worthwhile to click through and read. Fascinating analytics. So let me ask those who read this “News” section, what topics would you like to see addressed in the future?

JK Rowling Snookered a Lot of Editors – She submitted her latest novel under a pen name. This …

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Category: News You Can Use, Steve

Fun Fridays – July 12, 2013

By Steve Laubeon July 12, 2013
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Watch this 4 minute video and then save it. You may need to show it to someone in 20 years who is unsure.

"How to Read a Book" - a delightful reminder of why we work so hard to do what we do in this business.

This video is the work of Hilary Commer, and she made it for her Intro to Visual Media class at Abilene Christian University.

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Another Productive ICRS!

By Steve Laubeon July 11, 2013
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Tamela Hancock Murray

Two weeks ago I enjoyed the privilege of attending ICRS (International Christian Retail Show) as part of The Steve Laube Agency, marking my third ICRS with Steve.

As usual, our schedule was packed but seeing our colleagues is why we attend, so a full agenda is welcome. Year after year, reports say ICRS is getting smaller, and indeed we did miss seeing some of our …

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Category: Book Business, Conventions, ICRSTag: Awards, ICRS

News You Can Use – July 9, 2013

By Steve Laubeon July 9, 2013
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Does Your Title Pass the "Radio Test" - This means, if your book title or web site address is read out loud on the radio, will the listener know how to spell it when they go to find it? For example, my last name is spelled Laube and pronounced Lobby. That does not pass the "radio test." So I now own stevelobby.com and point it to www.stevelaube.com just in case someone misspells my name.

The …

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Summerside Press Shuts Down

By Steve Laubeon July 8, 2013
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by Steve Laube

“Another one bites the dust.” This past week Guideposts announced they were discontinuing all new acquisitions of titles for both their Summerside Press (fiction) and  Guideposts Books (non-fiction) trade lines. To have a complete picture of what this means we first have to understand that there are FIVE different book publishing programs under Guideposts. Two of them are …

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Category: Book Business, Get Published, Steve, TrendsTag: Book Business, Summerside Press, Trends

Fun Fridays – July 5, 2013

By Steve Laubeon July 5, 2013
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What begins as a fun take on Star Wars is ultimately a very clever book trailer.
Enjoy!

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Category: Fun Fridays, SteveTag: Shakespeare, Star Wars

Attract Attention (Part Two)

By Karen Ballon July 3, 2013
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Wasn't it fun to read Steve’s observations about ICRS? There is so much going on this time of year in our industry, and so many opportunities to spend time with other writers, with editors, and with agents. I love networking with these wonderful folks. But even more than that, I love seeing writers have meaningful and positive interactions with editors and agents.

With that in mind, here’s the …

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Category: Agents, Book Business, Get Published, KarenTag: Agents, Editors, Get Published

News You Can Use – July 2, 2013

By Steve Laubeon July 2, 2013
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Penguin and Random House have officially merged into one entity known as Penguin Random House - Not, as I had thought, "Random Penguin" or "Penguin House." Here’s the scary stats. They employ 10,000 people worldwide (that is where the earnings from your books go) and will publish 15,000 new books each year. That is nearly two books per hour, all year long. That is a big publisher.

Judge Rules …

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Category: News You Can Use, Steve
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