The Library of Spanking Fiction: Wellred Weekly


Wellred Weekly
Volume 1, Number 3 : December 10, 2011
 
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Interview with the Author: Flogmaster
Wellred Weekly explores the work of this author


How did you get started writing spanking fiction?
In a sense, I started when I was a small child of five. I lay in bed at night and imagined stories with a stuffed animal I had. It would take on various roles in the stories, usually a bad child in need of a spanking and I would put it over my knee and pretend to spank it. I had no idea why such stories appealed to me -- in real life spankings terrified me!

But I wrote my first actual story when I was about fifteen. I didn't even know there was such a thing as a "spanking story." Back then, I didn't even know spanking was a "thing." It was my darkest secret, so dark I could scarcely admit it to myself. It was a confusing and troubling time. Writing was my way of expressing things and one day I wrote a story about a teenage girl coming home after curfew and getting a spanking. I was so paranoid about someone else finding the story that I hid it on my computer and I have no idea what happened to it.

(I'd love to find it some day. The most interesting part of the story was that I had the girl sneaking into her bedroom feet first through the window and her waiting father slid the top half of the window down pinning her against the sill with her butt and legs inside and her upper half outside. She was utterly trapped and helpless as he spanked her and she couldn't scream lest she wake up the neighborhood.)

After that I slowly started writing more and more spanking stories. Most were mere scenes than actual stories: strange fantasies and torture episodes. For instance, I had one where two boys torment a girl in the woods, doing things like shooting BBs at her naked ass. There was no story: just boys being cruel and the pretty girl suffering.

I wrote in secret, of course. I never dreamed of something like the Internet where I could actually share my stories. That came years later. These stories were just for me.

The breakthrough was when I discovered Anne Rice's Beauty series. That's when I realized that spanking stories were a real thing and could be literature. My erotic writing changed after that, becoming complete stories. Later the Internet came along and I found the alt.sex.spanking newsgroup and eventually became the Flogmaster.

Where do you find inspiration for your stories?
Everywhere! It's really amazing. I've written so many stories -- the 700 or so I've published are literally a fraction of what I've done -- and I keep thinking that surely I'll run out of ideas but just about anything inspires me. It can be a photo, a drawing, a comment someone makes, a scene in a film or TV show, or some memory from my childhood. It doesn't have to be spanking-related. Sometimes it can just be a girl's smile. My wicked mind can take the most innocuous things and turn them into erotica.

While sometimes I write fan fiction or reproduce a variation of an existing story or scene, usually I take just the tiniest part of what inspires me and the resulting story turns out very different from the original source. You'd never know if I didn't tell you, though it is there if you know what to look for. Often I forget myself if I don't write it in my notes. A good example of this is my somber story Uncle Charlie, which has its roots in a Hitchcock film. I did receive an email from one reader who picked up on it, which surprised me, since the events are totally different and it's really just the tone that's similar.

When you write, do you ever model any characters after actual people?
Not really. I suppose all writers use bits of people they know or fictional characters or public figures, but the whole of the character that ends up in the story is very different from the inspiration.

For instance, I've probably written a dozen stories that involve a rich bitch getting her comeuppance. You could argue that such a character comes from someone like Paris Hilton, but the truth is it's more like an idea of Paris Hilton rather than her herself. (I've just finished the first draft of a new novel that follows that theme, but other than being spoiled, the girl is nothing like Paris.)

Sometimes I write a story based on a pretty girl I've seen in real life. Not anyone I actually know or have even met. It could be a girl I see on the subway or a waitress or a cashier at a store. I make up an entire history about her and put her in some kind of spanking situation. While the original girl inspired me, I don't think that counts as modeling since I don't know anything about her for real.

I actively avoid writing about people I know in real life. I've been tempted to do so, but I worry that doing so would change my relationship with that person. Even though they'd never read the story or know what I'd done, it would change the way I see them, and I don't want that. Putting real people in your fantasies does not strike me as too healthy.

Do you have a favorite book or story that you've written? A favorite genre?
That would be hard to narrow it down, though schoolgirl is probably tops. I have many favorites and I love many genres. A lot depends on my mood. Sometimes I want harsh cruelty, while at other times I want more romance and gentler spanking.

I write a wide variety of stories. Sometimes I get fixated on a certain genre for a while, such as schoolgirl or sororities, but then I might go through a period of being into slavery or torture fiction or F/M. That's one of the reasons I always label my stories carefully as I want readers to know what they are getting.

What are your views on spanking fan fiction?
I'm in favor of it, in general, though I don't believe one should make money from it. I've written some fan fiction and it's all free on my site (none of those stories are in my paid collections). I've heard some authors don't like their work being "abused" that way and I understand that. If a copyright holder asked me to remove a piece of fan fiction from my site, I would comply.

When writing a longer story, do you plot out the detail in advance, or make it up as you go along?
Both. It varies, and it depends on the story. One of my recent novels, Returning Home, started out as a simple short story about a college graduate returning home and being asked to spank a neighbor girl. It turned into a novel as the story gained momentum. That's unusual, but it worked well for that particular story.

Usually I have at least an idea of where I'm going. I'll often have the big "set pieces" planned out (in a spanking novel, that's usually the biggest punishments). Some stories have a greater dependance on plot and I need to plan them more carefully.

There's a danger in planning too carefully because it can dampen your enthusiasm and motivation to actually write the story. But not knowing where you're heading can make a novel meander. Spanking novels are less plot-dependent than traditional fiction, but a reader still needs to feel like there's a point to the story. I've read some disappointing books that were just a collection of scenes with no purpose.

What is your favourite story that you have written and why?
That's like asking a parent which of their children is the best! Each story is special in its own way. My favorite tends to be whatever story I'm currently writing.

But there are some finished ones that are special to me, though as the author, what makes a story meaningful to me isn't necessarily what others would take from it. Writing stories can be cathartic and often what I remember is whatever trauma inspired it.

Almost all of my "five-star" stories are favorites. In particular, The Courtship of a Goddess, The Couple, and A Beautiful Girl. I also really like The Escape. The Tenderfoot is a fun one with a Western theme. Then there are some serious and disturbing stories like A Daughter's Love and The Sacrifice. Probably not very erotic, but hopefully emotional.

Some of my favorite novels include The Absent-Minded Professor, simply because it's funny, and C.J.'s Grandma because it goes all over the place. Returning Home is similar. I love The Island, too, though it may be too severe for some readers.

Name some stories by other spanking authors that you like, and say why.
My favorite author is P.N. Dedeaux author of The Prussian Girls, An English Education, Thomasina, Aunt Anna, Transfer Point Nice, The Nothing Things, and other classics. A lot of my recent work has been influenced by him (such as my homage novel, The Island).

While I don't like everything he does (he has an unfortunate fascination with severe sodomy and his novels don't end as much as stop), his scene work is unmatched. He can stretch out a three-stroke caning over an entire chapter, and every line is filled with erotic tension. I love that he focuses on corporal discipline above all else. (Too many so-called "spanking stories" have little actual spanking.)

His work hits all my buttons quicker than anyone else, but it is all very similar and quite severe and not to everyone's taste. Martin Pyx writes in a similar style, pretty much an homage to his acknowledged mentor (though he occasionally inserts odd non-spanking discussions of literature and other topics).

I love Anne Rice's Beauty series. I compare most of my work to hers, in that I hopefully add more to the story than just eroticism, but include some philosophical and literary reflection in the work as well.

I enjoy the work of many other authors: Richard Manton's good (though repetitive), I like some of Yolanda Celbridge (it's over-the-top and fun), Carolyn Faulkner, Aishling Morgan (though some has too little spanking), and older authors like Kenneth Harding and Will Henry. There's a really inconsistent but prolific author by the name of Anonymous that occasionally produces some really great stuff. And of course there are tons of favorites among the Internet writers, such as Rosewood, Mr. Spraycan, the late Alex Birch, and countless others.

What is your favourite genre?
For spanking stories, I have a fondness for period pieces. I'm not sure if that's because spanking's so old-fashioned it's anachronistic today, but there's something delicious about Victorian school beatings and birchings. I don't feel I write such things well myself (I'm not enough of a stickler to do the required historical research), but I enjoy reading them.

If by genre you mean story kind such as M/F, I'm definitely into female bottoms (pun intended) though I occasionally read (and write) F/M stories.

Which point of view do you tend to write it? Why do you prefer it over other POV's?
I generally write first person as it feels the most intimate and I get into the head of the person experiencing the story. That helps me (and the reader) understand the truth behind the events (which, while it may not be erotic, brings depth to the writing and the characters).

For longer works that doesn't always work as well as novels need to be broader and have more scope. For instance, a novel all from the spankee's point of view could get tedious as she's the only one getting spanked in exquisite detail. But the same story from the spanker's viewpoint can get tiresome because we don't get into the head of the victim, so the omniscient narrator works better for long works. But there are exceptions for everything.

Flogmaster's website
 
26 comments:
sugarmouse said...
Very interesting!
10 December 2011 00:58
Seegee said...
I have to agree that the author Anonymous certainly produces a wide and often entertaining range of stories.
10 December 2011 03:17
bendover said...
Enjoyable read. Thanks Flogmaster. I'm glad someone else got interested in spanking at a young age.

B
10 December 2011 20:14
islandcarol said...
Flogmaster is like the Charles Dickens of spanking. His name has been in the lit for as long as I can remember. It comforts me to know he is not only still active and holding his own, but contuines to set the standard for a great piece of spanking lit.
Wonderful interview, staff
10 December 2011 20:47
tiptopper said...
I am always glad when I find a new Flogmaster story. He is one of my favorite authors. Like him I like stories where the spanking(s) are described in detail. What's a spanking story if there is not an emphasis on spanking?
11 December 2011 01:44
KJM said...
Great interview. Is good to know he is still active writing and publishing.
11 December 2011 02:32
TheEnglishMaster said...
Thanks for a very detailed and informative interview with a true Master of our Art.
11 December 2011 21:16
Miss_Naughty said...
Thank you for such an informative insight.
12 December 2011 22:08
Janine said...
A most interesting interview! It's amazing how true writers can find creative inspiration in most anything they encounter.
13 December 2011 13:56
CarolinaPaddler said...
It is interesting to learn about such an iconic spanking author.
He is to be commended for agreeing to be interviewed and discuss how the cake is put together, so to speak. School girl settings are my favorites and you are the master of those stories with a stern, firm and hard spanking style that makes the girls punished sit up and take notice..

Thank you Flogmaster for all you do to encourage and help authors make the stories in the library first class and immensly enjoyable.
14 December 2011 16:30
lusher said...
This is a fascinating interview. The first Flogmaster story I was drawn to is "The Woodshop" -- a perfectly written dark gem. Since then my Library favorites have grown to include "The Photo Album," "Off to Siberia," "Decisions," "Touch," and perhaps my favorite, "Discipline for Rebecca."

The best spanking authors always seem to be those who start young and in highly nervous secret, working in prolific isolation for years before finding other works like theirs. I wonder what affect easy Web access to spanking porn and erotica has on young writers. I'd love to see a Kilahara demographic survey on the age/gender of people writing and reading here.
18 December 2011 19:32
sixofthebest said...
I have always liked spanking stories, that come from by-gone period age, such as Victorian, Edwardian age. Especially when these spankings were given to wifes, daughters, aunts, maids, and governess's of upper class households. Yes, starting with the disrobeing of these naughty female's clothing, in order to get to their bare bottoms, that would eventual get spanked. Brought to me sexual erotic excitement.
14 May 2012 16:50
Redskinluver said...
Very interesting interview. I am not agreeing though with what was said about not using real people in your stories. I have written quite a a few based on real people I have been acquainted with or just seen around, and frankly see no problem with it . I think many of use have had fantasies about someone we know, a co-worker or classmate say, being spanked. But would not going around expressing it to them "out of the blue."

Or a a character may be a composite of people we have seen or know of. For instance, in my mind some of the people I have written "exposed thong spanking stories" have been drawn from actual sightings of exposed thongs.

Or maybe one hears about something someone you know did that was bad, and bases a story wherein a character based on them gets spanked.
15 May 2012 17:32
billjam said...
Always enjoy Flogmaster's stories. They cover a wide variety of situations but are always well written and erotic.
17 May 2012 14:47
nick2911 said...
A great interview. The first spanking stories I read on the internet were by Flogmaster and I still remember them well....
17 May 2012 15:48
mch said...
I have only submitted two stories to The Kilihara Library so far, but those and other pieces I have written for my and others' pleasure are soundly grounded on sessions I have had in real life, though with some embellishments (for example a period setting in my latest) - fantasy stuff doesn't really float my boat, though I do enjoy it when it's well written.
1 June 2012 17:16
cindy2 said...
I loved the interview with Flogmaster because I've admired his work for so long. Some of his work is dark, granted, but in a way, the darkness makes it all the more interesting.
16 April 2013 13:30
rachelredbum said...
I have not read any of Flogmaster's stories, i don't think. I did, however, love this interview. I liked the story he related of his first bit of spanking fiction. What a clever trap the "father" laid for the "daughter!" I find his handle a bit intimidating as I do not like the more extreme stories. but maybe that's just me.
9 May 2013 12:32
virginiacherry said...
My first 2 or 3 stories were simply a drudge. I wondered how he became so popular. I'm so glad I tried him again. His writing has been a delight since.
27 September 2013 17:13
Bohemond said...
Congratulations on all your superb stories over the years that have given pleasure to so many of us. Do please keep up the good work!
15 December 2013 09:04
Muston said...
Fascinating insight into motivations and influences. I see the influence of P N Dedeaux.
24 January 2014 09:56
RikSpanks said...
I appreciated the bit about basing characters on people you know in real life. When I first started writing, long before the Internet was a thing, I was a teenage boy. I based all of the female characters in my stories on actual girls I knew (or at least saw regularly) in real life. Schoolmates, coworkers at the fast-food restaurant, etc. Since my stories almost always feature teenage female spankees (and in many cases, those same characters engage in sexual conduct), I always wanted new "inspiration", so even as I got older, I continued to base characters on teenagers I knew in real life.

But eventually I was old enough to have teen kids of my own, and now I'm old enough to have kids in their mid-20s (though I don't actually have kids of my own), and at some point I realized that basing my characters on teens I knew *was* affecting how I viewed them. So I made the decision to stop doing that, because I was old enough for it to feel "creepy".
22 June 2014 22:54
BJF said...
I have enjoyed your stories for years, Thanks
7 July 2014 19:30
defiant said...
Very interesting, but what about real life experience? I am surprised that no one has asked about this in the article. Unless I missed this as I was reading fairly quickly at work :)
10 November 2014 15:59
WellWhacked said...
Flogmaster's work makes for really enjoyable reads;
lots of variety and often with humorous elements. "The
Absent Minded Professor " had me laughing out loud.
27 April 2015 17:34
Spankedjenny said...
I really enjoyed this interview. It's nice to find out what inspires authors and I am amazed at the volume of the author's body of work. Thanks for sharing this with us!
23 June 2015 07:01

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