The Steve Laube Agency is committed to providing top quality guidance to authors and speakers. Our years of experience and success brings a unique service to our clients. We focus primarily in the Christian marketplace and have put together an outstanding gallery of authors and speakers whose books continue to make an impact throughout the world.
Our Service Philosophy
Content
To help the author develop and create the best book possible. Material that has both commercial appeal and long-term value.
Career
To help the author determine the next best step in their writing career. Giving counsel regarding the subtleties of the marketplace as well as the realities of the publishing community.
Contract
To help the author secure the best possible contract. One that partners with the best strategic publisher and one that is mutually beneficial for all parties involved.
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April Fool’s Day 2026
Seven years ago, I played a joke on this blog, and far too many fell for it (and a few were offended). This time, I am going to tell you it is a joke ahead of time and ruin the surprise. This is known as a day when satire like this is okay.
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A New Chapter Begins: The Steve Laube Agency Acquired
After much prayer, consideration, and a surprising number of Zoom calls involving people who used the word “synergy” unironically, The Steve Laube Agency is pleased to announce that we have been acquired by a leading artificial intelligence company.
Effective immediately, all book proposals will be evaluated by a proprietary algorithm known as Prophet™, which can determine, within 0.8 seconds, whether your manuscript has “market resonance,” “platform viability,” and “just enough controversy to trend.”
Key changes include:
- All submissions must now be uploaded in both Word format and “emotionally optimized metadata.”
- Query letters will be scored for “narrative confidence” and “authorial charisma.”
- Our contracts will now include a clause allowing your future books to be prewritten by AI, based on your “core voice profile.”
We remain committed to representing authors, though we admit some of them may now be partially synthetic.
We look forward to this exciting future, where publishing meets predictive analytics and where every book has already been A/B tested before it is written.
Warm regards,
Steve (and the Overseer Algorithm)
Happy April Fool’s Day!
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In Praise of Slow Writing
It seems counterintuitive that an agent would suggest that writers slow down. After all, isn’t the volume of output one of the keys to an author’s success? There is a measure of truth in that, but today I’d like to explore the concept of Slow Writing. Think of it as a leisurely walk in the woods as a child. I remember strolling through sticks and leaves exploring the forest surroundings. I would watch a bug crawl up a tree and listen to the birds calling out their warnings as I approached. If too close, a startled squirrel would skitter away. …
Fun Fridays – March 27, 2026
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The Five-Year Test
When I review a proposal from a new or experienced author, I use several informal “tests” to evaluate whether the concept might be of interest to publishers. Remember, the agent’s role is to find books that might interest publishers. What we like doesn’t really matter. I’ve learned to like book proposals that sell. But that’s just me. Some of my ad hoc “tests” are: Editor Test: Can I think of specific acquiring editors who might like to see this? (If not, that’s a problem.) Theology Test: “If you are saying something that no one else is saying, you are probably …
The Inciting Incident (Part Two)
We’re still talking about the inciting incident. Last month, I gave you three rules it must do for your story. As promised, here are the last two rules. The inciting incident must create a point of no return. This event, this moment must be irreversible. This happens when: a secret is revealed a crime is committed or witnessed a moral line is crossed a promise is made a divine calling is heard someone dies someone enters a new world or realm and so on Examples Psychological / Emotional The Masterpiece (Francine Rivers): Grace agrees to work for Roman. *This single decision …