It's good that Tor and Daw are not only the two I want to publish with but the ones I have connections to then! :P

I'm so torn on publishing on my own or through an indie publisher. It's not that I think there's anything wrong with it, it's just that I'm afraid if I do it I'll jump into it before I'm ready and I don't want to do that to myself of the work. So that, more than anything else, is why I'm clinging to the desire to (at least start with) traditional publishing. (I actually think I did do a lot of stuff with my short stories prematurely which is why I've taken a hiatus from publishing)