Helping to Change the World…Word by Word
The Steve Laube Agency
Helping to Change the World Word by Word
Ever play Ping-Pong?
Are you any good at it?
If you think you are, play this fellow. He has a secret weapon. Watch his technique. It looks the same each time, but the ball can go opposite of where his opponent thinks.
Imagine doing this to your reader with that subtle twist in your story. You will have that reader clamoring for more!
Seeking inspiration? Here are fun and weird hacks for writers. 1. Read advice columns to find ideas for creating conflict in novels. The problems people pose to columnists are rife with family drama, misunderstandings among friends, marriage issues, and romantic entanglements. Even columns about etiquette offer an array of tenuous situations. When you locate some columnists online, you may …
This is the fifth in a series of posts on various types of writers I think would be worthwhile giving our attention to. Those with military and missionary service in their backgrounds, young writers, and creative writers can each contribute to the conversation in the church as they each have perspectives different than what we see and hear around us today. A persistent and humble writer might fit …
The editor you met with at a writers conference liked your proposal and asked you to send it to her after the conference. She was already talking about format and promotional ideas. Or you submitted a proposal and received an enthusiastic response from the acquisitions editor. Four (or maybe six to eight) months later, a rejection letter showed up in your inbox. What happened? No matter how much …
Today’s video should be inspiring. The veteran and the up-and-coming talent creating magnificent art together. Celebrate the new talent among us and learn from those who have gone before.
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 …
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. …
[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 …
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 …
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?
