LogFAQs > #935587514

I know this is subjective, and most of the time my answer would be "however long it needs to be to best tell the story", I'm wondering what word count I should aim for for the book I'm aiming to sell. I still have two publishers interested, but I'm about to hit a crucial junction in my story and I'm at 22,987 words. I was aiming for roughly 60-80k, as I've heard 70k is kind of a sweet spot for new authors. Any shorter and it's not enough really and anything too long and people won't want to read it. My longest is 123,000 and my shortest is only 22,000, so reaching word count goals isn't an issue really.