Week after week we try to post something meaningful for you to read. Over the years we’ve posted over 1,450 times. It can be a lot of work. So why do we do it?
Mission
It is part of our mission to help writers, no matter where they are on their publishing journey. Everyone has to start somewhere and we hope to help make the travels a little less confusing. The business of writing can be hard but those realities are part of the learning process.
In many ways it is a reflection of who we are individually but also corporately as an agency. As our motto says, we are here to “help change the world word by word.”
Information
We hope to bring important industry developments to your attention. And to bring a perspective that may help bring balance to some of the more “scary” news. With an ever changing marketplace we hope to at least touch on the most important issues.
It can also give us a reference to which we can point someone who has asked a question. The blog becomes a library of information.
Encouragement
Writing is a lonely perspective. When you are the only one in the room the self-talk can often have a negative turn. Into that world we hope to bring the occasional moment of relief.
Believe it or not, we are encouraged in return. Your comments. Your personal emails. Your letters. Your words encourage us. I can’t tell you how many times we have been blessed by you.
We want to thank each and every one of you for being a faithful reader. May you have a Merry Christmas and a blog-reading New Year!
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Thank you. I would say you have accomplished your mission and look forward to seeing more in the coming year.
Merry Christmas.
Steve, Karen, Dan, and Tamela,
Since learning about the Steve Laube Agency through ACFW this past June, I have learned a lot. I’m pleasantly overwhelmed. Thank you for the inspiration and encouragement you are to us writers–and to me.
Wishing you a Merry, Merry Christmas with family and wonderful New Year.
Steve, I was one of zillions of people who met you at an ACFW conference years ago. Once, I had the privilege of joining your table for the lunch seating. I’ve never forgotten. All weekend I’d been feeling out of place and outclassed. Somehow I rallied my last shred of courage to ask you why a writer needs a platform. You could have rolled your eyes at my ignorance, but you didn’t. You took time to explain what a platform is and how it benefits both the writer and the publisher. In that moment, you made me feel significant.
Your blogs carry that same aroma of service. I’m often blessed here.
So thank you. And Merry Christmas to you and your agency.
Hey,
Working with this agency maybe just a far-off dream now, but your agency, your agents, and these blogs have held my hand through my writing journey in more ways than just your blogs. I enjoy these blogs so much. I am always encouraged and uplifted with each post. I have found so many truths here. Encouragement, not only for the writing life but life in general. Just when I think it’s time to chuck it all into the dumpster, I glean some glimmer of hope from the words you have written.