Right now the book is going through a copy editor, just waiting for her feedback. Probably also why I have heightened doubt/anxiety. Other than that, a literary agent wanted to represent me, but warned that he doesn’t usually represent books in my genre. I was so excited, as landing an agent has been a dream of mine for a long time, and he said he’d shop it to a handful of publishers. Then he basically ghosted me. I ended the contract and now I’m waiting for the list of publishers he tried reaching out to. I think it’s also part of why I have this imposter syndrome - if publishers didn’t want to offer a deal, who am I to think it’s good enough to self publish? But logically I realize there are lots of traditionally published books that I haven’t enjoyed, and lots of self published books that I have (and vice versa).