(Some info on possible article topics and ideas below...)
What to make contact about?
The main idea for Who's Your Mate? Pet News ™ (WYMPN) was for something general and mainly light, so part local newspaper turf from charity appeals, tribute pieces, legislation, and few reviews, to quirky pets, owners, etc.; part general industry news so product launches from big brands and campaigns from heavyweight charities, and part forum for indie creators - whether artists, writers, crafts people, that kind of thing, people whose creativity overlaps with their admiration of the animal world and pets in specific, but please note that whatever the interest, it's adults only or contact via a responsible adult, and the focus will also generally be on the UK so please don't take offence if something isn't deemed relevant to 'the patch'.
Sprite sheet submissions from artists to stand in for the in-page cat link might be something to consider down the line.
This isn't a complete list so if your idea isn't above then don't be deterred, it's still worth sounding me out: but please keep it suitable for a general audience, pre-watershed, you know what I mean. Nothing that would put a Kenneth Williams character in a tizz.
I'm neither pet expert, art critic or culture connoisseur, and neither best programmer nor best journalist, so it's something of a leap into the unknown. Bear with me.
The hope is to build something with 'light nibble' appeal, where readers are inclined to check in a couple of times a week or ideally daily, but balanced with some more serious content.
So if you like pets and have a story to tell, get in touch.