To Go Big or Come Home: On the Writing Life with Major and Indie Publishers
In this 2025 essay in The Metropolitan Review, Tom McAllister demystifies the advantages of a Big Five publishing contract and makes the case for working with a small press that's dedicated to innovative writing. McAllister is an editor at the literary journal Barrelhouse and the author of three novels and the essay collection It All Felt Impossible (Rose Metal Press, 2025).
Source: https://www.metropolitanreview.org/p/to-go-big-or-come-home
Categories: Advice for Writers, Essays on Writing
