Author Diary Entries
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
Author Diary Entries
053: Top 5 episodes from the first year of podcasting on Indie Author Weekly
Indie Author Weekly podcast is 1 year old! This episodes shares backstory to how I started this podcast, plus the top 5 most popular episodes—as well as my personal favourite 5 episodes from over the past year.
Since I’m in a celebratory mood, I also want to spread the love. Here’s what I’m going to do: I’m going to gift you the e-version of one of my books—either one of my romance novels or one of my business books—for the first five people who leave a review on Apple Podcasts of at least 50 words. After you publish your review of this podcast, take a screenshot of it and email me, hello@saganmorrow.com so I know who you are! At that point you can let me know which book of mine you want to receive a gift of and I’ll send it to you.
There’s no time limit to this, it’s just the first five people. So get to it! I can’t wait to read your review of this Indie Author Weekly podcast on Apple Podcasts, and to then email you the book of your choice as a thank-you gift. Visit SaganMorrow.com/books to choose which book you want to receive.
Resources & links mentioned in this episode:
- Learn more about all of Sagan's books at SaganMorrow.com/books
- Episode 6 of the Indie Author Weekly podcast: How do you advertise books when you self-publish?
- Learn how to do relationship-based marketing in online courses at SaganMorrow.com/school
- Pitching Clients 101: SaganMorrow.com/pitch
- Keep Your Clients: SaganMorrow.com/keep
- Episode 1 of the Indie Author Weekly podcast: Why I chose to self-publish books
- Episode 15 of the Indie Author Weekly podcast: 10 tips for how to edit your own work
- Episode 47 of the Indie Author Weekly podcast: How 4 different authors outline their books
- Episode 3 of the Indie Author Weekly podcast: How to get started with outlining & writing a new book
- Episode 52 of the Indie Author Weekly podcast: Step-by-step guide for how I'm planning & writing my upcoming romantic comedy, Her Bad Idea
- Episode 51 of the Indie Author Weekly podcast: FAQ about the background to my Polyamorous Passions series
- Episode 14 of the Indie Author Weekly podcast: Understanding your strengths & weaknesses as an author
- Productivity Powerhouse: SaganMorrow.com/powerhouse
- Episode 44 of the Indie Author Weekly podcast: How to use mindmapping to write your book
- Episode 50 of the Indie Author Weekly podcast: What made me start writing Polyamorous Passions (my polyamory background)
- Episode 34 of the Indie Author Weekly podcast: How to practice self-discipline as a writer
- Tune into Indie Author Weekly on your favourite podcast platform at SaganMorrow.com/podcast
- Rate & review this podcast on iTunes
Let's chat about this episode:
- @Saganlives on Twitter and Instagram
- Hashtag: #IndieAuthorWeekly
- Email hello@saganmorrow.com
- Share your thoughts (or submit requests for future episode topics) in this survey at SaganMorrow.com/question
