68k.

Suddenly 75k doesn't seem so far-fetched. Or even 100k. What I'm really on my own case about, however, is the fact that three of my short stories are in need of a final edit and one of them a second draft and I haven't been able to do diddly-squat about it. Granted, I did finally get around to the first edit of "Keeper", but the other three stories are practically ready to be sent out and rejected. All I need to do is apply one last touch-up to each of them and their free to be mocked by the publishing industry. I see that the library has the 2004 Writer's Market, something I haven't yet purchased, but seeing as this might just be the year, perhaps I should. Or at the very least squirrel Widener's copy away!