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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I’ll Probably Ask to See Your Work
If you have an appointment to meet with me at the ACFW conference later this month, thank you. I love meeting with authors! I know you have many options at the conference, and I appreciate you for choosing to meet with me.
What Can I Expect?
My goal is to get to know authors and, hopefully, make a great impression on all the authors I’m privileged to meet. The appointments are necessarily limited to a few moments, so I don’t look at the consultation as a chance to make a firm decision then and there about an author’s career. Don’t worry about practicing a pitch in front of a mirror for hours. Just be yourself and see if you’d like to work with me.
Are You Looking for Lots of New Clients?
I don’t expect to walk away with a new client after each appointment. Rather, I’d love to interact with you, talk about you and your work, and perhaps offer a few tips to help you be as successful as possible.
Will You Ask to See More?
Unless you’re writing in a genre or category I don’t represent, the probability of my asking to see a full proposal and manuscript is high. This is because I want to go back to the office and review your entire proposal and work rather than being taken away by your sparkling personality (This happens often for me with authors!), a brilliant concept, or social media presence alone. Editors are depending on me to perform due diligence, and I owe them – and you – that process to make the most of everyone’s limited time.
What if I’m Not Ready?
If you’re not ready to send me a proposal, let’s kick back and enjoy our time together. I love talking with authors at every stage, whether they are attending the conference to see if they even want to write, are breaking in, have written for some time, or have sold many books.
The Main Thing…
Enjoy this treasured time with other Christians.
See you soon!
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Monday Moments – August 3, 2026
Affliction For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced. … For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead. He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him …
Fun Fridays – July 31, 2026
Since it is likely a hot summer day for those of you north of the equator, I thought today’s video might cool you off. A tutorial on how people in Northern Scandinavia do their laundry. Here in Phoenix, we just leave the clothes on the sidewalk where they burst into flames. Much easier. [If you cannot see the video in your newsletter, please click through to the site to view it.] ShareTweet
Make Every Scene Matter: What Is a Scene Supposed to Do? (Part 1)
Hello friends. I hope your summer is going great. I’m hibernating because I’m a winter girl, but good news! Hibernating means working, and working means more books. Ha. So, we have finished the inciting incident series, and I thought we’d move into scenes and how to make everyone you write matter. Have you ever written a scene you loved but couldn’t explain why it belonged in the story? Maybe the dialogue worked. Maybe the setting was vivid, and you could visualize exactly where the characters were and what they were doing. Maybe the characters had a lovely moment together. On …
Your Money Is Your Business or Keep a Lid on How Much Money You Make
I think it is a mistake to reveal how much money you make as an author. The details of your royalty advance on your latest deal should not be shared with other authors. It is similar to finding out the salary of the co-worker in the office cubicle next to yours. When I was a retail store manager, we had major problems when salaries were discovered. I had to physically stop a near fistfight between two employees who had been friends. It was a veritable mess. (By the way, the numbers I use in this post are complete fiction. I …