Usually I do not like giving advice because it puts you on a higher plane and I do not know how to be humble about it although I try a lot. But advice helps, especially from fellow writers.

I am on your site now. Thanks for coming by.

Yeah, all animals are free from human vices (dignity lies somewhere in a gray area).

I do not care about the length of short stories, but a novel length work and I frequently click on my calculator.

I read your work on short-stories.net and i was awed by the quality of your writing.

Well, i am a newbie mostly into writing flash and it would be great if you could give an advice or two about writing in general.

You can review my work here.:
http://cachememory.wordpress.com/category/scribblings/

thanks,
Rohan

I walk my dog while thinking too. Dogs are no respectors of dignity however.

Write the story and it ends when it is done if you ask me. Counting words is what you do when it is finished.