(now that I am working on something faster than dial up I can easily check the Board again!)
I liked the story. I am glad that you decided to not worry about the length of the stories, because they don’t have to be long to be effective (although I completely understand the perfectionist impulses, because I am like that too
). You should not spend your time worrying about the length of the stories, because I and the other readers will like the book no matter what; we are reading it more to hear your thoughts and ideas than we are reading it to judge each chapter’s length.