Chapbook Workshop Inspires an Alternative Publishing Solution
I went to a workshop about making a chapbook. C H A P B O O K. A chapbook is traditionally thought of as a small handcrafted book containing a collection of poetry, but that’s not all that a chapbook can be.
And in fact, the workshop inspired me to reconsider how I wanted to create my cancer memoir guidebook. And I’m going to use that concept of a small book, a chapbook if you will, for ovarian cancer.
Now that might seem a little out of the box and probably it is. And that’s fine because my tip for today is taking inspiration from another source to create something new.
Ekphrastic
And here is a word that you may not be familiar with. Ekphrastic means taking inspiration from another medium to create something else.
For instance, ekphrastic poetry is inspired by a painting, or it could be inspired by a piece of music or vice versa. The music could be inspired by a poem. The painting could be inspired by a poem.
So do you see what I’m doing here? I’m taking a twist on how can you break through those stuck places in your creativity for your book marketing? Maybe you’ve just been focused a little too hard on The outcome rather than how am I going to share my message and why is my message important and what really lights me up.
Getting Unstuck
So if you’re stuck, do something different, put on some music. Take a walk outside. Move around. All of those things can start shaking up those stuck parts of our brains.
And I want you to be successful with your book marketing. Take a tip from me, doing something different can put you into a more creative space where you can have fun and reinvigorate what you are saying to people.
I’m Judy Baker, Book Marketing Mentor, and you can find me at https://bookmarketingmentor.com. I want to put you in the author spotlight.
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