• Skip to main content
  • Skip to after header navigation
  • Skip to site footer

The Steve Laube Agency

Helping to Change the World…Word by Word

The Steve Laube Agency

The Steve Laube Agency

Helping to Change the World Word by Word

  • Home
  • About
    • Who We Are
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Interview with Steve Laube
    • Statement of Faith
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Privacy Policy
  • Guidelines
  • Authors
    • Who We Represent
    • Awards and Recognition
  • Resources
    • Recommended Reading
    • Christian Writers Market Guide Online
    • Christian Writers Institute
    • Writers Conferences
    • Freelance Editorial Services
    • Copyright Resources
    • Research Tools
    • Selling What You Write
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Twitter
  • FaceBook
  • RSS Feed
  • Get Published
  • Book Proposals
  • Book Business
  • Writing Craft
    • Conferences
    • Copyright
    • Craft
    • Creativity
    • Grammar
  • Fun Fridays
Home » Humor

Humor

Labor Day Metaphor

By Steve Laubeon September 4, 2023
Share7
Tweet5
23

Today the U.S. celebrates Labor Day as a national  holiday.

Eight years ago I posted the below video on Labor Day and asked readers to think of ways this bear’s activity is a metaphor for the writing life. For life in general. Or write a 100-word short story about what you saw.

I’ve left the creativity of those comments below. Add yours to the mix!

Enjoy!

Leave a Comment
Category: Humor

Do You Tsundoku?

By Steve Laubeon August 28, 2023
Share31
Tweet
20

You may have heard of the numerical Sudoku game, but I play a much better game. And a lot more fun. Tsundoku. Do you tsundoku? That may be unfair, so let me have the Cambridge online dictionary give you the definition: The practice of buying a lot of books and keeping them in a pile because you intend to read them but have not done so yet; also used to refer to the pile itself. Until I recently …

Read moreDo You Tsundoku?
Category: Humor, Personal

Worst-Case Scenario Survival Guide for Authors

By Dan Balowon June 6, 2023
Share51
Tweet
24

In 1999, Chronicle Books published the first in a series of rather unique books, The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook; and it sold ten million copies, launching a multimedia franchise. Over a dozen books followed, as well as games, TV series, and other merchandise. Authors Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht built the books around extreme, need-based topics, like how to jump from a moving train …

Read moreWorst-Case Scenario Survival Guide for Authors
Category: Humor, The Writing Life

Fun Fridays – May 26, 2023

By Steve Laubeon May 26, 2023
Share14
Tweet
13

When a picture says a thousand words:  

Read moreFun Fridays – May 26, 2023
Category: Fun Fridays, HumorTag: Rejection

Pet Peeves

By Dan Balowon December 1, 2022
Share12
Tweet
9

Pet peeves. We all have them, and we all do things that are pet peeves for others. How about starting a blog post with a two-word sentence, which isn’t a sentence? Anyone? Bueller? My Pet Peeves On one hand, I am like everyone else. I don’t like repetitive tapping or spam phone calls late at night. Those are the easy ones. I am also incredibly annoyed by bicyclists who never, ever observe any kind …

Read morePet Peeves
Category: Agents, Humor

Labor Day Holiday

By Steve Laubeon September 5, 2022
Share20
Tweet
6

Today the U.S. celebrates Labor Day as a national holiday. It’s a perfect day to make and eat popcorn, a favorite snack! Enjoy this insightful video with the Muppets Swedish chef attempting to make enough for everyone.

Read moreLabor Day Holiday
Category: HumorTag: Humor, Labor Day

Mysteries of the English Language

By Bob Hostetleron August 3, 2022
Share70
Tweet
18

I love the English language. It’s been very good to me. But it can be a booger too. For example, you know that a slim chance and a fat chance are the same, right? And a wise man and a wise guy don’t mean the same thing? It’s a crazy language. And those who must learn it as a second language face many strange twists and turns—as do those of us who try to speak and write with something resembling …

Read moreMysteries of the English Language
Category: Humor, Language

A Writer’s Entrance Exam

By Bob Hostetleron March 17, 2022
Share62
Tweet
23

Say you wanted to enroll in studies at a respected educational institution—let’s call it Wisenheimer Academy for Clever Kids. You might expect to take an entrance exam to determine your degree of fitness for WACK, right? Just as you would to begin training for ministry, law enforcement, or interplanetary space travel. Oddly, though, there is no entrance exam for writers. Until now. That’s right. …

Read moreA Writer’s Entrance Exam
Category: Humor, The Writing Life

Happy Valentine’s Day

By Steve Laubeon February 14, 2022
Share50
Tweet
17

Today is a fun day to celebrate that special someone in your life. My wife and I have been married for over 40 years now, and the video below is a tribute to her. No, she knows I do not and cannot dance; but videos like this make me feel like I can. Happy Valentine’s Day! Go-make someone-you-love-smile day.

Read moreHappy Valentine’s Day
Category: Humor

21 Latin Phrases Every Writer Should Know

By Steve Laubeon February 11, 2022
Share6
Tweet
20

15 Latin Phrases Every Writer Should Know

Persona Non Grata
“An unwelcome person” (lately defined by some as a literary agent)
Habeas Corpus
“You have the body”  (The legal right to appear before a judge.)
Cogito Ergo Sum
“I think, therefore I am.” For a writer it would be "Sribo ergo sum"
E Pluribus Unum
“Out of many, one”
Quid Pro Quo
"This for that" or in other words, “You …

Read more21 Latin Phrases Every Writer Should Know
Category: Fun Fridays, HumorTag: Humor, Latin, Trivia
  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to page 3
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 9
  • Next
  • Home
  • About
    • Who We Are
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Interview with Steve Laube
    • Statement of Faith
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Privacy Policy
  • Guidelines
  • Authors
    • Who We Represent
    • Awards and Recognition
  • Resources
    • Recommended Reading
    • Christian Writers Market Guide Online
    • Christian Writers Institute
    • Writers Conferences
    • Freelance Editorial Services
    • Copyright Resources
    • Research Tools
    • Selling What You Write
  • Blog
  • Contact

Copyright © 2023 · The Steve Laube Agency · All Rights Reserved · Website by Stormhill Media