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Author Diary Entries

Author Diary Entries

By: Sagan Morrow
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Author Diary Entries (formerly known as the Indie Author Weekly podcast) features your host, Sagan Morrow, as she shares diary-style personal stories of life as an indie author and her behind-the-scenes journey of writing and publishing books as an authorpreneur.

You’ll learn more about the books Sagan writes, her insights and stories of being an author and a multipassionate creative, and a peek behind the curtain of a writer's life.

The Author Diary Entries podcast is hosted by Sagan Morrow, a Kamloops-based writer with more than a decade of experience as a small business owner. She is also a hobbyist burlesque dancer and performs on stage as Babe Maverick.


Sagan started out as a blogger and freelance writer (and editor) around 2008. In 2016, she began teaching other freelancers how to improve productivity and time management through her online courses. She is an internationally board-certified Success & Life Coach who specializes in personal fulfillment, solopreneurship, and anti-hustle productivity.

Sagan writes the Polyamorous Passions romantic comedy series, and has published several business books in addition to her work as a romance novelist. She published her first work of fiction in 2018.


RECOMMENDED STARTING POINT: "Ep 179: Author Update (one year later)" AND "Ep 140: Welcome back to the podcast!" AND "Ep 50: What made me start writing the Polyamorous Passions series" AND "Ep 53: Top 5 episodes from the first year of podcasting on Indie Author Weekly (and why I started this podcast)".

The first 12 episodes of this podcast were originally published on a “secret” platform only for email subscribers, but you can tune into all of those original episodes right here. Access bonus materials to go along with podcast (including cheatsheets and spreadsheets relevant to the episode topics), plus full episode transcripts, sample chapters of her novels, and additional resources, at https://saganmorrow.com/secretpodcast. This podcast was rebranded from "Indie Author Weekly" to "Author Diary Entries" in April 2025.

Learn more about Sagan’s published works and upcoming novels at https://saganmorrow.com/books/. Connect with Sagan on Instagram & Threads: @Saganlives

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Episodes
  • 185: "Reader mindset" method for rewrites (Book Writing Update!)

    185: "Reader mindset" method for rewrites (Book Writing Update!)
    Jun 3 2025

    In this episode, your host and indie author Sagan Morrow shares her experience with reviewing her current work-in-progress (Book 8 in the Polyamorous Passions series) using a "reader mindset" prior to doing rewrites!

    She shares her process and results for reviewing her current WIP as a reader:

    Find out a breakdown of the process she’s using, the game-changing book writing method that’s shifted her out of Author mindset and into Reader mindset (plus why this matters), and 5 fascinating things that came up for her throughout this process...

    Resources mentioned in this episode:

    • Small Town Stilettos and the Polyamorous Passions series: SaganMorrow.com/books
    • Connect with Sagan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saganlives
    • Connect with Sagan on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@saganlives

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    29 mins
  • 184: Creative cross training as a tool to navigate creative blocks

    184: Creative cross training as a tool to navigate creative blocks
    May 13 2025

    What is creative cross training, and how can it help you navigate (and overcome) creative blocks? In this episode, Sagan shares examples of creative cross training and the importance of creative cross training (and how it’s prevented her from having any major creative blocks as a business owner, indie author, and multi-passionate creative)...

    ...Plus why focusing on one thing can get boring and lead to creative stagnation, and 5 important tips for effective creative cross training.

    Resources mentioned in this episode:

    • Sagan’s burlesque persona (Babe Maverick) on Instagram: Instagram.com/babemaverick
    • Small Town Stilettos and the Polyamorous Passions series: SaganMorrow.com/books
    • Solopreneur Diary Entries weekly newsletter to get behind-the-scenes insights of life as a solo business owner: https://saganmorrow.com/newsletter
    • Solopreneur Diary Entries: Premium Edition monthly online trainings on topics of solopreneurship, anti-hustle productivity, and personal fulfillment: https://saganmorrow.com/monthly/
    • Personal Fulfillment Coaching with Sagan: https://saganmorrow.com/coaching/
    • Solopreneur & Productivity Coaching with Sagan: https://saganmorrow.com/solopreneur-coaching/
    • Connect with Sagan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saganlives
    • Connect with Sagan on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@saganlives

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    19 mins
  • 183: Can you write about polyamory if you aren’t actively polyamorous?

    183: Can you write about polyamory if you aren’t actively polyamorous?
    May 6 2025

    In this episode, we explore the difference between polyamorous IDENTITY vs the PRACTICE of that identity, and answer these questions: Can you write about polyamory if you aren’t ACTIVELY polyamorous? Do you ever think being polyamorous is a phase, and that you and your spouse might go back to being monogamous?

    Resources mentioned in this episode:

    • Small Town Stilettos and the Polyamorous Passions series: SaganMorrow.com/books
    • Connect with Sagan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saganlives
    • Connect with Sagan on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@saganlives

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    10 mins
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