Agency

Included in “Top 101 Websites for Writers”

By Steve Laubeon May 9, 2015

We are honored to be chosen by Writers Digest as one of the top websites for writers in their 2015 list. (The actual list is only available to subscribers or if you buy the May/June 2015 issue here.)

I have long admired their annual listing and have endeavored to keep our content unique and provide a service to our community of writers.

Kudos to Dan, Karen, and Tamela who faithfully work on exploring new ideas with a fresh perspective.

And even more, we appreciate you, our readers. Those who read daily as subscribers, those who visit regularly, and to the occasional visitor. We hope each one of you come away with something worthwhile with every visit.

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Heaven Declares Chapter 12

By Dan Balowon February 24, 2015

In case you missed it, last week the Family of Christians Worldwide declared Chapter 12 Reorientation under the authority of God Almighty who made Heaven and earth. The Details Hundreds of millions of Christians looked around the world, read the news headlines and decided that the Twelfth Chapter of the book of Paul’s Letter to the Roman’s would be a better way to live in a world of turmoil and …

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Tamela’s Year – 2014

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon January 8, 2015

Once again, the Lord has blessed me with much more than I deserve. My family and I are healthy and happy and He continues to provide abundantly. I am grateful to you, my readers, and so to help you, I offer my perspective on the business: Heartsong At the start of 2014, I happily represented a robust list of Heartsong authors. As we all know, the line is poised to shut down this year. I appreciate …

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2014 – A Year in Review

By Steve Laubeon January 5, 2015

Another year has passed. Another year full of thrills, chills, and bills. Like in past years (2013, 2012, 2011, 2009) I’d like to take a look at what has transpired and put things in perspective. The Agency Another stellar year for our agency. We finished with nearly 100 new contracts which include over 150 future books. It is exciting to note that eleven of those contracts were for debut …

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The Joy of a Client Christmas Card List

By Steve Laubeon December 15, 2014

It’s that time of year where notes, cards, and gifts are exchanged. A family and friends list of names is one thing (my wife wonderfully handles those), but it is that list of clients where I spend a lot of time. Yes it is considerable work but quite satisfying. Recite the Story When going through the client list it is fun to stop and think about each author before writing their card. Every author …

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Pardon Our Dust

By Steve Laubeon June 30, 2014

We have been working for the last month on an updated look to our entire website, including the blog. It is great to see all it up and running this past weekend. Kudos to the team at AuthorMedia for their hard work! A number of features have been added or upgraded. The site is now completely mobile-friendly across all devices. This is not as easy as it sounds because there are thousands of screen …

Category: Agency, Personal

Happy 10th Anniversary!

By Steve Laubeon May 26, 2014

by Steve Laube It is hard to believe that this weekend marks ten years since I made the decision to open The Steve Laube Agency in 2004. I can honestly say it has been a blessing to have the opportunity to serve the industry and our authors in this capacity. It is stunning to realize we have secured contracts for over 1,000 books. And the books that have been published have sold over 13,000,000 …

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It was a Quiet Week

By Steve Laubeon May 19, 2014

by Steve Laube It was an quiet week in the agenting business. Periodically I like to peel back the curtain on what we do as literary agents because for many it remains a mystery or as a job that is unnecessary. I love my job. I am so very blessed to be able to do something I love and help so many people while doing it. Without further ado, here are a number of things that crossed my path this …

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It Takes a Committee

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon April 17, 2014

One well-known and frustrating fact about seeing a book finally accepted is the looooooong process. Trust me, literary agents would like to see the process move faster, too. Believe it or not, the fact that at most large publishers, a proposal must go through several rounds of review before a contract is offered is actually good for the author. Yes, you read that right. It’s good for the …

Category: Agency, Book Business, Career, Get Published, TamelaTag: Career, Editors, publishers

Laube Agency Signs Saul of Tarsus

By Dan Balowon April 1, 2014

(Phoenix, Arizona) Steve Laube, founder of the Steve Laube Agency announced today that the agency has signed Saul of Tarsus to write in various Christian book categories starting with his debut release in Fall 2014. Saul will be writing under the pen name of Paul, a name with special meaning to the author, given him after a dramatic personal experience several years ago while on an international …

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