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Can Macros Make Me a Better Writer?
Don’t be afraid of macros. They can be your friend. A macro is a shortcut you can make in, say, Word (or virtually any program) to automate or accelerate certain tasks. If you’ve never done it before, rather than explain it here, let me suggest that you search the web for “how to create a macro in Word” or on your specific computer. (For example, in a Mac, you can go to your …
Hacks for Day-to-Day Writing
An impulse as a writer is to get to an ending before shutting down the computer for the day. The productive author might decide not to stop writing until the end of a scene or a chapter. With fiction, the author feels relieved when the character has arrived at a good stopping place. With nonfiction, the author may have finished summing up five ways to declutter a closet, and that’s that. …
What I’m Looking For – Megan Brown
[Megan is currently on sabbatical and is not accepting new proposals or taking new clients. Please contact another agent in our company.] As a reader who became a writer, I can certainly say God has sparked a flame in my heart for the written word, specifically His Word. In learning to study the Bible, line by line and verse by verse, I felt completely consumed with wanting to know more. Seventeen …
Welcome a New Agent to Our Agency: Megan Brown
I am excited to welcome Megan Brown as the newest agent with The Steve Laube Agency! Please give her a warm welcome. I’ve known Megan for several years. She became a client of our agency five years ago and has proven to be a bright light to all who meet her. Megan is known as an author, speaker, and military missionary. She is passionate about equipping the United States military community to …
Fun Fridays – April 21, 2023
When one of Aesop’s Fables comes true. Did you know it has been 2,600 years since those stories were first told (circa 600 B.C.)? Which one are you?
Personal vs. Professional Social Media
As more and more people work from home full-time, the lines are blurred like at no other time. For writers, mixing personal and professional lives often doesn’t go well. Years ago, I recall speaking with a young man who owned a store that was part of his family for several generations; and he and his young family lived in a nice apartment located upstairs from the store. To me, who at the time …
My 50 Favorite Books (That I Didn’t Write or Represent)
People occasionally ask me how I became a writer; and my standard answer is, “I was raised in a family of readers.” And over the years I’ve read thousands of books (that I can remember by title and author, that is). Not counting comic books. Not counting textbooks. Oh, and not counting my own books. So, when I sat down recently to try to list my favorite fifty books, I faced a daunting task. I …
Author Accounting 101
You are a published author. You must be rich! You are an agent. I know you are rich. If it only were true. Let’s attempt to explain some of the bottom-line basics of Author Accounting. Please remember this exercise is generic; your mileage may vary. I will use some simplified numbers, so we can all follow the math. Let’s start with a $20.00 retail-priced book. The publisher sells the book …
Fun Fridays – April 14, 2023
The recent deluge of news about artificial intelligence (AI) in writing can be terrifying, exciting, or a combination of both. Visions of “skynet” dance in some heads, while others have used places like ChatGPT to help with their book’s ad copy and the like. Today, I thought it would be fun to let the feline version of General-Purpose Technology (GPT) have its time in the sun …