Beneath the romanticised allure that getting your work published by the “Big 5” publishing houses that dominate the industry, it can be easy to misjudge our own abundant opportunities to publish fictional, non-fictional, or poetic works through other means. Relinquishing our preconceived barriers to these alternate avenues and broadening the scope of the potential for our work to be shared can help us reach our personal and professional goals for publishing in new, inspiring ways.
This is something I can attest to as I developed my creative piece, “Violets from Astroturf”.