S02E12-050 Intentional Creative Rest 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 Inspired by Becoming a writer Dorothe Brande Regular Consistent writing built trust in self to become a secure creative Grew up in the Blue Mountains – surrounded by tourist atmosphere To beat overwhelm, got an assistant and built a team. Rostered a 4 day work week to ensure intentional creative rest. Reward self with Spare time. Walks around the city to clear head. Dealing with rejection – remember it is collaborative and you have to be creatively vulnerable. Writing habit tip = Consistency Other creative endeavours, hand crafts. (knit, cross-stitch, beading) Playing it safe never works, you have to be creatively brave.   Quotes By Jessie Overwhelm comes for feeling like we should be doing something in a particular way … becoming aware of the ebs and flows and being ok with the need to rest so you can come back better than before is the secret. I know that when ideas slow down it's not that I am running out of ideas, It's that I haven't had enough creative rest. Consistency is the buzz word; it's the important thing. Learning to be creatively brave Look at expectations Are they Realistic? Are they Serving you? Are they helping you get more done?   Fast fire questions Would you rather be a table or a chair? Table Are you a dog person or cat person? Dog Who is your favourite superhero? Not a superhero person If you were to have a magical power what would it be? There were 2 – Flying or Invisibility What is the first think you would do with a huge lotto win? Buy a Waterfront Apartment Buffy Night Graham Green Book Club https://www.amazon.com.au/stores/author/B000APVBKI She loves how Meta the stories are and what they inspire in her about writing every day.