Has Anyone Ever Written Anything for You

I have been working furiously on a new novel, The Breaker, which I hope to publish later this year.  Writing is an interesting, solitary career choice.  You can bounce story ideas off of others, but most of the work is done inside your own head, in which you question your character actions and the way the tale will progress.  Since the book is located in a place I have vacationed twice, I am paying attention to the geography of the area even though I already changed the location of one location, in a move to add more detail to the chapter in which the event occurs.  It is interesting to write about things empathetically when you have never experienced them in your own life.

Chapters

There are thousands upon thousands of books out there, and just as many authors, but one thing that’s always made me paranoid is chapter length.  Early on, based simply on what I’d seen in other books, I resolved that every chapter should be a minimum of ten pages.  I’ve done pretty well at sticking to that; in book format, some wind up being much longer.  Clearly every author has their own view on things; sometimes I run across books where the chapters are no longer than a page.  It doesn’t detract from the story, but I do find it confusing.  I suppose the point I am trying to make—if there is one—is that different things work for different authors.  If you can get your point across in a shorter chapter, then good on you.  I know for a fact that some of my chapters are way too long, but I’ve also been my own editor for much of the process.  I try to get a complete thought in, or at least lead into the next chapter before I end the current one.  Any thoughts on this?  I’ve also gotten to the point where I’m okay with writing an epilogue; those are usually short by definition.