Patience is key as is understanding that sometimes things just come up that take precidence.
How true, Lynn! Unfortunately I had to back out a couple of times and every single time the authors I was BR-ing for were
extremely kind and understood that much as I hated it I wasn't able to help them anymore.
Not once I felt they resented me or weren't grateful for what little I could do.
Moreover, they credited and thanked me in their stories.
(That actually still boggles the mind. I mean, I dump them and they thank me?? Hmm...makes you wonder if maybe they were happy to have finally got rid of me...