Hey thanks for all the help - very grateful.
At the moment I think I'd better concentrate (as others have suggested) just on getting the story done as that will be an achievement in itself.
I don't see how I could turn a 25,000 piece of work into a novel without adding a load of useless padding and fluff! Or, conversely, if I trim it to much it will lose any character it has. I guess it will end up being the length it's meant to be.
A novella it seems isn't going to appeal to everyone but I think I will plump for distributing it freely as I'm an unknown with no credentials.
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