37 S3 Ep 20 - The Getting Published Series, Part 2. Writing for the Christian Market with Steve Laube, literary agent.

Steve Laube is president and founder of The Steve Laube Agency, and is a 35-year veteran of the bookselling industry. He began his career in the bookselling arena and his store in Phoenix was named the Christian Booksellers Association (CBA) store of the year in 1989. He then spent 11 years with Bethany House Publishers rising to the position of an editorial director.

In 2002 he was named the AWSA Golden Scroll Editor of the Year. The next year he became a literary agent and in 2004 formed The Steve Laube Agency. In 2009 he was named the ACFW Agent of the Year. He is married with three grown children and one grandchild.

Steve has very eclectic interests. He has represented everything from the sweet romance to the systematic theology. His clients are equally divided between fiction and non-fiction writers. (See a complete resume of his work and experience).

Show links – links to topics, books, and organizations discussed on this episode.

Be sure to get Terry Linhart’s free download on getting published.

Carrie Turansky – one of Steve’s authors who writes Edwardian books, like these.

Christian Writers Institute – a series of online courses (98 of them!) that will help Christian writers realize their dreams.

Ronie Kindig’s military thriller Conspiracy of Silence

The American Christian Fiction Writers conference. 

Christian Writers Market Guide 2017 by Steve Laube

Self-editing for Fiction Writers by Rennie Browne and Dave King

Elements of Style by Strunk and White 

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