I just chopped mine into chapters pretty arbitrarily. Never checked word count, but I know they vary quite a bit in length. Oh well.
As I said, I have more trouble with making stuff longer than it should be, without enough action!
I'm also starting to have attachment issues. I've been feeling a little depressed all afternoon because I'm almost done. As Stephen said, "They grow up so fast, don't they?"
*sniff*
So...when do I get to read yours? Not until it's done, right?
Actually when I finish the next chapter, I will be at the halfway point - call it the "Han Solo is Frozen in Carbonite, Frodo's in the Tower, and Your Mother Wants to Know what Happened to her Car" moment of the story. Mwahaha. Anyway, what I was saying is that at that point I'd love to have you take a look.
I'm pretty much done on your story... man, I don't have many comments at all, but it's a very good children's story, I really think! Actually, with some gentle... ok, some really brutal editing, I think it might be publishable. Or at least, rejectable - we need to start collecting rejection slips, girl!
*snicker* And I can just see the look on his face as he said it!