Prepping for 2011

I've been going through my short story submissions database, cleaning it up and getting ready for the new push in 2011. Of twenty-three stories on the list, seven sold and one is still awaiting a response. The other fifteen have either been rejected by the most recent market or have gone unanswered for at least twice the market's stated response time. In most cases, well over twice that. I don't know if they didn't receive them, or simply ignored them. Either way, it's well past time to move on.

So I'm marking them all as rejections, and planning to send them out again. Or possibly, in a few cases, try publishing them myself via Smashwords, PubIt and other online venues. We'll see.

So as of January 1, 2011, my Race to Publication status stands at:
Short stories available for sale online: 7 (1 point each)
Short stories currently in submission to a market: 1 (one point)
Novel submission packages out: 2 (5 points each)

For a total of 18 points. Once I get all the other stories back into circulation, I can almost double that number.

I've also concluded that I need a new mouse. Trying to work with the spreadsheet when my mouse is almost useless was an exercise in frustration. I new it was getting flakey, but hadn't realized how bad it was until I started trying to select and work with cells....aargh.