grumpyf1

Cheerio! Thank grumpy it's Friday is no more. After 291 columns (292 if you count the potentially libellous one that didn't get published), 145500 words, and 6 years, my days of writing 500 words a week for publication in The Mail have come to an end. In case you hadn't guessed, this is the big news I've been mentioning for a couple of months now. Having found myself, with increasing regularity, sat in front of a blank screen with the submission deadline screaming at me, I spent the latter part of last years worried I was drying up. This also got me questioning if I was actually any good any more. With little in the way of feedback from either the paper, or it's readers, I finally decided I'd call it a day at the end of the year, and sent an email to the paper explaining at the start of November. Column 289 would be my last outing. The reply was somewhat startling. They were just about to offer me a full page. Not just in the Mail. In the News ...