Post # 200, and 2 workshops coming soon

This marks my 200th post to Flogging the Quill since I launched it in September of 2004. Back then, when I was freelancing full time, I put up three posts per week -- the day job slowed that rate.

I've now written well over 200,000 words on the craft of storytelling, which includes my mini-edits such as the Flogometer for scores of writers.

I feel as if I've made many e-friends, and enjoy the correspondence that sometimes develops. I would appreciate it if you would use either comments or send an email to let me know how you feel about this ongoing effort of mine.

I've written two novels in that time (a full is now with an agent, fingers crossed). Hoping this doesn't jinx me, but Writers Digest Books is considering a book proposal for a book on writing craft based on material from FtQ. Cross your fingers for me.

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Murder in the Grove Conference Workshop June 8-9

I'm doing my Flash Editing workshop at the Murder in the Grove conference in Boise, Idaho. As you might deduce, the focus is on mysteries. They have a lot of excellent programs lined up, and Boise is a nice place -- I'm looking forward to it.

If you're attending and want to be in critiqued the workshop, email your first chapter to me as an attachment.

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A Writer's Weekend Conference Workshop July 1

I'm doing an in-person version of the Flogometer at Writer's Weekend in Seattle July 1. I'm calling it "Do Your First 16 Pages Cut It?" This is my third year for doing this conference, and it's a fun venue. Hope to see you there.

If you're attending and want to be critiqued in the workshop, email your first two pages to me as an attachment.

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So let me hear from you? If I've sent 200,000 words your way, how about a few coming this direction?

• Have I helped you in any way over the last couple of years?
• Do you have any favorite aspects of what happens here?
• Do you have any suggestions or questions?
• Would you be interested in a book of the best of the essays on FtQ?

You're writers -- write!

Ray

Public floggings available. If I can post it here, send 1st chapter or prologue as an attachment (cutting and pasting and reformatting from an email is a time-consuming pain) and I'll critique the first couple of pages.

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Comments

[Kammy]

Happy 200th post, Ray, and thanks so much for doing this blog. I have learned a ton from your posts and from everyone's comments too. Keep up the excellent work, and I'm crossing my fingers for your vampire cat story especially!

[NJ Benson]

Hi Ray,

I've only just discovered your blog. It is terrific.

I have the first thirty of my story posted on youwriteon.com. It's a useful site for writers to (sometimes) help one another with writing. But we're all at different levels and only a few of the best get their work looked at professionally.

Your site is invaluable because your advice is practical to a newbie like me. I've put a link to it on my blog.

I echo the others in saying how grateful I am to have found this place.

Thanks.