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Readers, I write today to inform you that I'm moving three stories from the Beth Universe to my new Ridiculous Universe: A New Tree, Las Amadas and The Team [LA&TT; now without parentheses, again], and Sandy--25 (or so) Years Later. I am also in the process of, at the suggestion of at least one reader, aggregating all former chapters of Las Amadas and The Team from single days into single chapters, reducing the number of published chapters from 32 to five. That brings the putative sequel of Beth (the story) into synch with Beth (for the most part). However, with those three stories being catapulted into a different universe, this note also provides fair warning that LA&TT will drift from Beth's very strong focus on the LA to a wider focus; in time, a very much wider focus. Indeed, I am considering merging A New Tree with LA&TT, interdigitating the various authorial contributions by date/time; I have more thinking to do on that. The process of revamping the LA&TT chapters should be completed today (6 Jan; NYC date).

With the continued decline in score in the Las Amadas (and The Team) story, I'm having to rethink things in all of the stories in that universe. Some long-time readers of the universe appear to be less than happy with the road taken of late there, although I've put the next chapter of A New Tree into the queue to be posted tomorrow. In the meantime, I'm spending writing effort on an idea I had recently, and the first chapter of the first story in the Ridiculous Universe will be published on 8 January.

I got a bit ahead of myself with this story, mostly because I'm trying to balance four concurrent stories in the Beth Universe and not doing a perfect job of it. The gist is that I've had to add quite a bit to Chapter 12, which is uploaded and will be posted on the morning of the 31st (NYC time).

In the past few weeks, I've seen this story's rating drop from 7.96 to 7.57 despite only a very small number of new votes being added. That suggests that some readers have changed their votes negatively (unless those new votes were very negative). If my supposition is correct, I'd appreciate hearing what has caused readers to change their opinions. Please feel free to respond directly to me or leave a comment with the story.

The next four chapters (20-23) of Las Amadas and The Team are in the queue and are scheduled to post in the evenings (NYC time) of the 27th (Wednesday), 30th, 4th, and 7th. Unless I run into unexpected problems, I'll keep the posting schedule to Wednesday and Saturday of each week. On the 9th, the 11th chapter of Smythe's story will be posted. I have no clue how frequently _A New Tree_ will get subsequent installments, although I hope for at least a chapter weekly. If I can get the fourth chapter of the sequel to _Sandy_ written soon, I might post it four days after the queued chapter of _A New Tree_. I'd like to alternate those two stories between sequential chapters of LA and TT, but....