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
025: How to get back into book writing after taking a break (step-by-step guide)
Learn 4 tips for how to get back into book writing after taking a break. This step-by-step guide will help you out if you've taken a break from writing and are ready to return to a book project!
After all, who hasn't taken a break from writing their book? Whether you took a week, a month, or a year—or longer!—away from your book project, the tips shared in this author podcast will give you the tips and tools you need to get back into the swing of things with confidence.
You'll learn why you shouldn't put a lot of pressure on yourself, how getting back into a book writing project is like dating a new person, why you should reread and review your previous work before you write a single new word, what your host Sagan Morrow does to create goals and set concrete, realistic timeframes for her own books, and more.
Plus, you can get access—for free!—to the word count tracker spreadsheet and the character writing prompts mentioned in this episode over at SaganMorrow.com/secretpodcast.
Tune into this episode of the Indie Author Weekly podcast now to get the scoop...
Access sample chapters of Sagan's novels, transcripts of each episode, cheatsheets and spreadsheets relevant to the episode topics, and additional resources, at SaganMorrow.com/secretpodcast.
Resources & links mentioned in this episode:
- Learn more about Sagan’s books at SaganMorrow.com/books
- Tune into the “secret” version of this podcast to access the (free!) character development writing prompts AND the word count tracker spreadsheet at SaganMorrow.com/secretpodcast
- Submit your questions at SaganMorrow.com/question
- Episode 17 of Indie Author Weekly: An exercise to improve character development
- Episode 4 of Indie Author Weekly: How to stay disciplined to write & publish books
- Episode 8 of Indie Author Weekly: Time management tips
Connect with Sagan (@Saganlives) on Twitter and Instagram. Feel free to use the hashtag #IndieAuthorWeekly to chat about this episode.
