It is good to hear that all the external pressures are still leaving you a sliver of time in which to work on your prose. I shall say to you what you have said to me: "The story will dictate its length. Some want to be longer than others." You know we must listen to the story as well as to the Muse. The instant we start writing to our less demanding critics or readers is the moment we become hacks. I believe you would rather write solely for yourself than to suffer that fate. In the stillness of the night, it is that internal critic with whom we must lie and if we have been untrue to that one, our sleep should be unsettled. Carry on, I am eager to see where you lead.