Identify Your Reader’s “Right Now” Struggle

By Shelly Brown | March 30, 2026 |
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Last week, we started with clarity—putting words around the transformation your message offers.

This week, we take one step closer to your reader.

Because even a clear message can feel distant if it doesn’t connect to what someone is walking through right now.

This Week’s Author Growth Tip: Identify Your Reader’s “Right Now” Struggle

Before someone is ready for transformation, they’re living in a moment.

A real situation.
A real tension.
A real question they may not even know how to put into words.

That’s where connection begins.

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Living with Eternity in View: Why It Changes Everything with Author, John Hargrave

By Shelly Brown | March 26, 2026
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What if the way you’re living today is shaping not just your life now … but your eternity.
Welcome to At This Table, where host Shelly Brown invites Redemption Press authors and friends into meaningful conversations about the stories behind their books, the journeys that shaped them, and the deeper truths God is revealing through their lives and their writing.
In today’s episode, Shelly sits down with Redemption Press author John Hargrave to talk about his book, The Eternity-Focused Life: Finding Purpose Now, Storing Treasure Forever.
If we’re honest, most of us believe in eternity—but we don’t always live like it’s real.
In this conversation, John gently challenges that disconnect and invites us to take a fresh look at Jesus’ words: “Store up for yourselves treasures in heaven.”
What if that wasn’t just a spiritual idea… but an invitation to live with purpose, intention, and eternal impact?
Together, Shelly and John explore what it means to live today in light of eternity—and how our everyday choices may matter more than we realize.

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Welcome to the very first Author Growth Lab tip!

By Shelly Brown | March 23, 2026
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It’s Monday… and today we’re beginning something brand new. 🎉

Welcome to the very first Author Growth Lab tip!

If you’ve been with us over the past year, you know the heartbeat behind these emails.

Each week, we shared one simple, actionable marketing tip—not to overwhelm you, but to help you take a meaningful step forward with your book.

And that’s not changing.

As we step into The Author Growth Lab, our goal remains the same: One simple step each week.

The difference is, we’re expanding the focus to support you in every part of the author journey—from writing and message clarity to reader connection and yes… continuing to market your book in meaningful ways.

So, let’s begin with something simple, something we’ve covered before—but worth covering again because it’s just that important.

If someone asked you today … “What is your book about?”

Would your answer feel clear… or a little scattered?

You’re not alone if it’s the second.

Many authors carry a powerful message but struggle to express it in a way that’s easy for others to understand.

And when the message feels unclear … it becomes harder for readers to recognize that the book is for them.

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When the Struggle Doesn’t Disappear: Discovering God’s Faithfulness in the Unknown with Author, Megan Bean

By Shelly Brown | March 19, 2026
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What happens when life never gives you the answers you’re hoping for—yet God’s faithfulness keeps showing up anyway?
*NOTE: For listeners who are hearing impaired, or who prefer to read along, a full transcript of this episode is available at the bottom of this page.
In this episode of At This Table, host Shelly Brown invites Redemption Press author Megan Bean into a heartfelt conversation about courage, faith, and learning to recognize God’s quiet presence through years of uncertainty.
Megan’s memoir, Just Megan: A Story of Grace and Resilience in the Face of the Unknown, follows her journey growing up with a rare degenerative neurological condition that slowly affected her balance, vision, hearing, and strength—without a clear diagnosis for many years. Yet rather than being a story about dramatic healing or a single breakthrough moment, Megan’s story reveals something deeper: the steady, sustaining faithfulness of God through seasons when answers never seemed to come.

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52 Weeks of One Small, Actionable Marketing Tip

By Shelly Brown | March 16, 2026
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One year ago, we started something simple.

Every Monday, we sent one small, actionable marketing tip designed to help you take a step forward with your book.

Not a long list. Not complicated strategies. Just one simple action you could actually implement that week.

And here we are… 52 weeks later.

If you’ve opened even a handful of those emails, you know something we believe deeply:

Small, consistent steps matter…

A conversation.
A messaging tweak.
A meaningful post.

Over time, those small actions compound, and that’s how books find their way into the hands of the readers who need them.

Over the past year, something else has become beautifully clear.

Our community includes authors at many different stages of the journey.

Some of you are actively sharing books that are already reaching readers.
Some are preparing for the day your message is released into the world.
And many are faithfully writing the pages that will one day impact lives.

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When the Story Isn’t What You Expected: Finding Identity and Hope in the Waiting with Author, Kaelyn Gauthier

By Shelly Brown | March 12, 2026
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What happens when the life you’re living isn’t the story you would have chosen—but becomes the story you wouldn’t change?
In this episode of At This Table, host Shelly Brown welcomes Redemption Press author Kaelyn Gauthier for a deeply honest and hope-filled conversation about singleness, longing, identity, and trusting God when life doesn’t unfold the way you expected.
Today’s conversation explores the deeper heart behind Kaelyn’s book, To My Single Sister (And All the People Who Know Her)—a message that reaches far beyond relationship status and speaks to anyone who has wrestled with waiting, disappointment, or wondering if they’ve been overlooked.

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