Denna Hunter

I’ve lived with imposter syndrome for a long time. I wrote a book. Then I edited it repeatedly, more times than I can count. I hired professional editors and revised it based on their feedback. My beta readers loved it. My editors told me it’s strong and that I’m a good writer. And still, as I continue querying, the same question creeps in: Is it actually good? Am I actually good? Or am I just punishing myself by chasing traditional publishing? I have other manuscripts that n

It seems I’ve never been one to take the easy road. I started writing my first novel eleven years ago. It took about a year to finish—life has a way of stretching timelines—but when it was finally done, I shared it with a handful of readers. Their reactions were everything I’d hoped for. They loved it. They were excited about it. And that excitement gave me the confidence to take the next step. The problem? I didn’t really know what I was doing. Without any formal literary ba