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Readers: I'll be back from a very hectic two weeks' field work tomorrow evening, and have a few comp days coming to me, so hope to get the next chapter of Beth finished and posted sometime soon. Of course, some of that comp time will be dedicated to all those mundane tasks so important after two weeks gone.

Thanks to all of Beth's readers for sticking with the story.

I hope to get the next chapter (217) uploaded in time for the typical upload of a chapter every four days (due on the 24th). While that chapter is mostly written, work is rearing its... head. The company for whom I work just got an emergency contract and I fly out (domestically, unfortunately) on Saturday. Since there's a huge bonus for rapid completion, my crew and I will be working very long days. That means that if I don't get Chapter 218 done before I leave or during my travel out, I probably won't get to it until my return, and that is somewhat open-ended. I hope to, at least, post an estimate of when 218 will post once I have some firm idea.

Sorry for the probable delay, but them's the breaks when you work for a living.

BF

I've just uploaded both chapters; they'll be posted on the 27th and 31st, respectively. I originally had the text of two days combined into a single Chapter 210, but the second day's text was so long that I decided to split them into separate chapters. Unfortunately, that means Chapter 210 is one of the shorter chapters I've uploaded in a while.

I suddenly got an idea while writing the other night, and have decided to go with it. Beth will come to an end shortly after the end of the 2018 premier-team season, and I had planned only very sporadic updates that would revisit Beth only once or twice a year, at the very most, but mostly skipping entire years.

However, my muse's sending into my mind the other evening is interesting enough that I've developed a gross outline and story arc, and, presuming that I'm still interested when the time comes, the sequel will begin shortly after or before the end of the 2018 high-school team season. However, Beth will be very much done devoting so much time to a diary so that the follow-on story will be in 3rd person. Somewhat unfortunately, I'm not all that experienced in third-person writing, so we'll see how it goes.

I'll be home tomorrow and am very much looking forward to getting back to writing. I've been surprised by how much I missed it. I'd also like to take this time to thank all of the committed readers of Beth [they probably should be committed ;-)]. I've been surprised by the support, and I greatly appreciate it.

BF

I have uploaded Chapter 206 and it will be posted on the evening of the 4th. A lot of important stuff had to happen here, so the chapter is very long.

I'll shortly be departing on some work-supported international travel, so may have little time to continue writing for a while. The timing of the end of the trip is currently uncertain, as some later parts depend upon how earlier parts go. I will be able to, at least, begin Chapter 207 before I depart, but there's no certainty that I can post it anytime in the next 10-14 days. However, there is at least some chance I will find myself with time on my hands, so we will have to see.

An unrelated take-home message is keep your passport up-to-date. I've always done so, despite that my international-travel heyday is well back in my rearview mirror.

BF