So, I finished my column, and submitted it by the date present, and instead of hearing back from the editor I'd been speaking to, I get an email from the food critic which says she's taking over responsibility for my column.

So I send her a copy as well, and then get two emails back from her, within an hour of each other.  The first tells me they only have room in the next issue for 300 words, and could I cut it down some (largely not bloody likely without a total rewrite given it's an 1100 word piece).  The second tells me that she will not in fact be in charge of my column, and that it's been put back in the editor's hands.  

Oh, and of course, this food critic woman is the same one I mercilessly criticized in the letter that brought me to the attention of the editor in the first place.

I honestly don't know what the fuck is going on with it right now, seems like some kind of weird internal politics or something.

Quote from: J ArcaneSo, I finished my column, and submitted it by the date present, and instead of hearing back from the editor I'd been speaking to, I get an email from the food critic which says she's taking over responsibility for my column.

So I send her a copy as well, and then get two emails back from her, within an hour of each other.  The first tells me they only have room in the next issue for 300 words, and could I cut it down some (largely not bloody likely without a total rewrite given it's an 1100 word piece).  The second tells me that she will not in fact be in charge of my column, and that it's been put back in the editor's hands.  

Oh, and of course, this food critic woman is the same one I mercilessly criticized in the letter that brought me to the attention of the editor in the first place.

I honestly don't know what the fuck is going on with it right now, seems like some kind of weird internal politics or something.

Is this a local newspaper? With respect to an editor slicing and dicing your copy, get used to it. If they need space to place an ad, then good-bye editorial copy. Still, cutting out 800 words seems a bit harsh. I'm surprised they didn't give you a ballpark word count.