Anna Raccoon explains why she is stopping blogging – in good part because of the obnoxiousness of other bloggers and blog readers:

… the world of blogging is fuelled by petty jealousies, vitriol, feuds, unsubstantiated allegations, apostrophe police, and a whole host of people who in another age would have been happy twitching their curtains and writing letters in green ink.

I have watched in horror as several new forums have descended into a cesspool of hatred and nastiness, and you know what? I got up this morning and decided that I just didn’t have the energy anymore, or the thick skin, to do it any longer.

But she offers someone a great opportunity:

If there is anyone out there with the thick skin required to withstand the brickbats, the tenacity to spend hours tending the site, the desire to write seven days a week, then there is here a ready made site, with a readership of around 3,000 a day, fully paid up until some time in 2011, I would be happy to give it to you.

Be my guest. No payment required. E-mail me at annaraccoon@gmail.com and it is all yours. This offer will stay open for one week from today, after that the curtain will come down.

Anna has written many fine pieces, with passion and insight into how things work. Try this for size. Then start scrolling for a while.

I do hope we see her back after a well earned break

And here’s something to help her rejoin us as and when the time is right.