OK, I’m probably not going to make 25 story submissions by the end of the month. There are plenty of markets, even excluding the ones that are closed until February, but I think I made a mistake on the other side of the equation.

I’ve been going over the stories I currently have marked as submission-ready, and a lot of them really aren’t. They’re contest entries or stories I wrote for particular markets, and don’t really fit anywhere outside the contexts in which I wrote them. They require some significant alterations before they’ll really be suitable for submission at other markets.

And some of my stories are old enough that I’m not sure I want to submit them anywhere. I’m a better writer now, and they’re not quality examples of my work.

Finally — and this is a problem I’m glad to have — I’ve sold too many. I’m not expecting sympathy about this, mind you.

I did get another submission out today, and I’m pleased with that, but I’m beginning to think I don’t have enough truly finished stories to make 25. We shall see.