I tend to go with 'don't care' on both questions.
I do think it depends on the story at times. When I was posting Masques, I began with five page segments because I'd been advised that was the standard length. But that just frustrated both me and my readers. It just didn't suit the story's pacing at all; was far too slow. Five pages barely moved us on from one segment to the next. Once I switched to 15 pages per segment we were all a lot happier. Well...I was anyway.
As an author, I'd generally go for 15 pages, roughly. Give and take an adjustment of a few pages either side to find a natural segment break. Or really good
cliffhanger.
As a reader, have to admit I'm kind of torn. I tend to get frustrated by short segments of 5 pages or so. OTOH, they're actually really convenient for me because I can read them quickly. Yes, fickle.
I must admit that sometimes I see a long segment and find it a little daunting. But once I start reading I usually get hooked by the story so it doesn't matter after a paragraph of so.
Conclusion? Not entirely sure. <G> I guess whatever the author comes up with, I'll read.
LabRat
