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179: Author update (one year later)

In this episode, your host (and indie author) Sagan Morrow shares an author update about what she's been working on since our previous episode over a year ago, plus why we've rebranded the podcast from "Indie Author Weekly" to "Author Diary Entries!"

Resources mentioned in this episode: 

Small Town Stilettos and the Polyamorous Passions series: SaganMorrow.com/books Haus of Misfit: https://www.hausofmisfit.ca/ Life coaching with Sagan: SaganMorrow.com/coaching Solopreneur Diary Entries weekly news...

179: Author Update (one year later)

In this episode, your host (and indie author) Sagan Morrow shares an author update about what she's been working on since our previous episode over a year ago, plus why we've rebranded the podcast from "Indie Author Weekly" to "Author Diary Entries!"

Resources mentioned in this episode: 

Small Town Stilettos and the Polyamorous Passions series: SaganMorrow.com/books Haus of Misfit: https://www.hausofmisfit.ca/ Life coaching with Sagan: SaganMorrow.com/coaching Solopreneur Diary Entries weekly news...

178: On being a beginner vs intermediate at your practice (and why being a beginner can be a lot easier!)

In this episode, we explore the dynamic of being a beginner vs being intermediate at your practice... and why being a beginner can, in some ways, be a lot easier! Tune in now to find out about the pressure I put on myself in my 2nd solo burlesque dance performance, what I took from that experience compared to my 1st solo burlesque act, how this connects back to my work as a fiction author, and the top 3 takeaways for how you can apply this to your own creative practice or craft (including import...

177: Ideation, content creation, and writing process for my Solopreneur Diary Entries weekly newsletter

In our previous episode, Episode 176, we talked about what it means to be a creative and an indie author — and how it can be so much more comprehensive than book writing! That's why, in today’s episode, I want to build on that and share with you the idea creation and writing process around my weekly Saturday email newsletter: the Solopreneur Diary Entries.

Tune in now for the inside scoop on what that weekly newsletter is all about, an exercise to expand your own creativity, why I never worry ab...

176: What does it mean to be a creative and an indie author?

In our most recent couple of episodes here on the Indie Author Weekly podcast, we’ve been exploring the importance of trust in the creative process — including self trust and trusting others. I want to take it a step back today and ask this question: What does it even mean to be a creative, and, since this is the Indie Author Weekly podcast, what does it mean to be an indie author?

Especially given that recently here on the podcast, I’ve been sharing about my creative process in designing burlesq...

175: Creative process as a solo artist (trusting OTHERS)

In this episode, we explore the delicate balance of the creative process when you are a solo artist — Because it’s hard to maintain distance and objectivity when you are working on creative pursuits in a silo! Is it good enough? Is it good at all? Are you conveying what you intend to convey? Even if it IS “good enough,” what interesting improvements can be made? And if you don’t have confidence in it being “good enough,” how is that going to affect the way you share your work with the world?

Thes...

174: Self trust thought exercise when you experience self doubt as a creative

In this episode, I talk about the balance between trusting yourself AND not believing that negative voice in your head which might be filled with self doubt.

As long-time listeners of the podcast will already know, I’m a Personal Fulfillment Coach when I’m not writing novels! And many of my clients first come to me because they’re struggling internally: there’s an internal battle going on, where they have a mean voice in their head that sends them into negative thought spirals.

I feel like we can ...

173: 5 observations while reviewing my current work-in-progress

Last week, I went through the entirety of my current work in progress — Book 8 in the Polyamorous Passions series. So today I want to share with you what happened when I read through it… It had been a few months since I last worked on it, so it was great to review it with fresh eyes!

There were 5 main things that jumped out at me… TUNE IN to this episode to find out what I realized and discovered as a result of reviewing the first full draft of my current work in progress manuscript.

Resources & l...

172: Improving one's relationship with the creative process

This episode is a follow-up to the previous episode, and shares recommendations and thoughts about how to improve your relationship with the creative process (what to do BEFORE you even sit down at the computer and start writing, plus a beautiful question to hold onto and guide you through the creative process).

Resources & links mentioned in this episode: 

Learn more about all of Sagan’s books (including the Polyamorous Passions romcom series, Small Town Stilettos, and her business books for solo...

171: Applying my 2024 Word of the Year to creative writing

In this episode, find out how my 2024 Word of the Year — ELEVATE — connects back and translates into my work as a writer... elevating my approach to my work! PLUS, tune in to find out what I am NOT doing this year as an indie author (this decision feels so, so good).

Resources & links mentioned in this episode: 

Learn more about all of Sagan’s books (including the Polyamorous Passions romcom series, Small Town Stilettos, and her business books for solopreneurs) at https://saganmorrow.com/books/ Ge...