Indie Author Weekly

About Indie Author Weekly

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 15+ years 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. 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

Publisher

Sagan Morrow

Category

arts · education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Apr 2019

Latest episode

29 Jul 2025

Latest episodes

189 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Jul 2025

   188: Subversion & politics of creativity (polyamorous romcom novels, burlesque dancing, personal joy)

   “As the world changes, what place do my polyamorous romantic comedy novels have in our society? If the world now understands and somewhat accepts open relationships, is there even a need for my novels? These novels are for pre-pandemic times, BEFORE a lot of things changed — so what happens now? Are they ‘subversive enough,’ and is there a place for them?” These are some of the questions your host, polyamorous romcom indie author and Life Coach Sagan Morrow, explores in this episode of the Au...

2. 

   1 Jul 2025

   187: You are hurting YOURSELF when you use AI to "write" your books

   Sagan Morrow explores how using generative AI to write books harms creativity and exploits the author, furthering the conversation about AI as art theft.

3. 

   17 Jun 2025

   186: The art of creative weirdness (and an ode to Z Nation, burlesque dancing, and My Lady Jane)

   The host explores the concept of creative weirdness in art, examining its effectiveness and impact, while also analyzing social commentary in mainstream movies.

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

6,687

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 88 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

94

Social presence

94

YouTube

74

Engagement

85

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