A new feature bringing you highlights from the mediabistro.com discussion boards. This week:

HisGirlFriday: "I recently started doing a weekly story for a longtime editor but now realize the stories are taking way too much time and effort, causing major stress and are detracting from other (better-paying) work. So I'm ready to tell him I'm not going to do it anymore but it just feels so weird."

Lotus665: "I think we need to take a leaf from Arianna Huffington and be Fearless! Life's too short, we gotta do what we gotta do and not everyone will like it but they'll survive. "

Check out (or add to) the conversation here: How to bail on a freelance gig

Also: length of novel manuscript?

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