S02E13-051 Crazy Plant Lady Writes Blurbs with Jessie Cunniffe

Guest Bio

Jessie Cunniffe* is a professional blurb writer and book blurb coach from Sydney, Australia. A passionate advocate of the indie author community, Jessie has dedicated herself to taking the pain out of blurb-writing with her custom blurb services and two signature courses: Book Blurb Magic and The Spicy Blurb Playbook. When she’s not writing or dreaming up the next BBM product, Jessie can be found journaling, exploring new ocean pools, and playing her guitar. On the occasion that Jessie manages to snatch some reading time, she’s probably buried in P. G. Wodehouse or Agatha Christie.

Links

Contact Jessie

FREE blurb cheatsheet: anatomyofabookblurb.com

Website: www.bookblurbmagic.com 

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @bookblurbmagic Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bookblurbmagic

Things you can enter

WHATS IN THE CHEST

From Jessie: Access to her Book Blurb Magic Course. From BCP: $25 Voucher

Treasure chest Give-away 2: (open 17/06/2025 closes 19/07/2025)

 https://www.bushlandcastleproductions.com/treasure-chest

Otherworldly emergence Novella: (Open 05/07/2025 Closes 07/07/2025) https://www.bushlandcastleproductions.com/emergence

Contact the Team

Finding Elara Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FindingElara

Discord : https://discord.gg/Ap8EWpPn

BCP Website: www.bcpcreative.com.au

BCP Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bcp.creative/

BCP Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bcpcreative

Contact Dianna

Website: www.dlnix.com

Facebook: (DL Nix) https://www.facebook.com/Faepatriantales

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/findingelara/

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@findingelarapodcast

Sponsor Info

Book Reality https://bookreality.com/

Shadow Lair: https://ko-fi.com/findingelara

Show Notes

·         Worldbuilding is her Brand – daily emails to subscribers.

·         Emails Sent 5 days a week.

·         Met Readers overseas and had cuppa, easy and welcoming.

·         Conscious about ROI for time writing

·         Side quests can pay off.

·         Hubby = Hype Coach Around all the Time.

·         Storytelling is the best way to teach information

·         Daily Emails are good as commitment

·         Very personal business so aligns with goals easily

Quotes By Jessie

I love my emails because I get to hang out with my subscribers

Sometimes these side quests really pay off

Fast Fire Questions

1.      What is your favourite Colour? Blue

2.      What is your favourite thing to draw Sun or Moon? Sun

3.      Would you prefer to live near a Beach or River? Beach

4.      What is your dream Holiday destination? Anywhere with a Beach

5.      What is your favourite Fairytale? Sleeping Beauty

Linking to Elara

1.      There is an argument in some writing circles that you should write a blurb as a milestone for your story, as what point do you think you can write a blurb? Dianna

a.      Can write different versions of the blurb and is you have one at the start then you will have to revisit it. To go to here for the final blurb the story needs to be done. Final stages of Line editing. Can’t rais stakes if you don’t know what they are.

2.      What Key aspects do you want in a basic Blurb.

a.      Inciting Incident. The whole reason to read. The Moment of no return. A couple of plot points and rais the stakes. Hint about choice at the end.

3.      How to get people interested without spoilers – Garry

a.      Make the Inciting incident the Star, it isn’t spoilers. Plot points that make readers ask questions. so they are excited and curious.

4.      What’s the best hook to put in a book blurb? That would its features include? – Julz

a.      No best hook. Just one that gets readers excited about reading the rest of the blurb. Like a headline. No names or characters. Just want to set the atmosphere. Us an element of contrast, juxtaposition. Element of Surprise. Hooks are creative and varied, there is no word count but a loose guideline of 15 words. There are several ways to go about it.