The (Usually-but-Not-Always-Unacceptable) Comma Splice
With the (Unasked for) Help of Jonathan Lethem One of the most common grammar errors—or let me put that in quotes: “errors”—I see when...
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Erik Harper Klass
- Oct 3
- 4 min
How Well Does Submitit Work?
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay. I officially started submit back in October 2020. (Philip Kennedy-Grant, if you’re reading this, I...
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Erik Harper Klass
- Sep 4
- 6 min
Do Androids Dream of a Universal Style Guide?
As an editor, I frequently see the same recurring errors of typography. In this post, I want to focus on the three most common, having to...
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Erik Harper Klass
- Aug 8
- 2 min
July Acceptances!
We've had another great month of acceptances, before the inevitable summer slow-down (when many journals seem to go into hibernation).......
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Erik Harper Klass
- Jul 22
- 6 min
The Art of Timing When Submitting to Literary Journals
I’ve been running Submitit now for about a year, and I’m happy to say that we—I must say we, since the stories are yours—have had some...
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Erik Harper Klass
- Jul 11
- 2 min
Another Month of Acceptances!
We've had another great month of acceptances (I'll get to this in a second). One thing I've been noticing is that my second rounds of...
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Erik Harper Klass
- Jun 6
- 2 min
I'm not only the owner; I'm also a client
(Image used with absolutely no permission whatsoever.) Remember those old Hair Club for Men commercials, where a man (with a full head of...
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Erik Harper Klass
- May 31
- 1 min
Congratulations to Dvora Rabino!
Congrats to Dvora Rabino for getting a story accepted to CafeLit. Her story, "Hetty Had a Headache," was a Round 2 submission with an 86%...
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Erik Harper Klass
- May 8
- 6 min
Punctuation Fun with 'Ulysses' and 'Infinite Jest'
(This article was published in slightly different form in The Writing Cooperative.) An editor, like an ornithologist, stumbles upon...
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Erik Harper Klass
- Apr 30
- 1 min
And Still More Congratulations!
I feel like my blog is getting boring with congratulations, but I'm so happy to be helping writers find homes for their work. For current...
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Erik Harper Klass
- Apr 3
- 1 min
More Congratulations!
We've had a couple new acceptances in the last week.... First, congrats to Erin Rose Belair, whose story "Baby Calls It Home" was...
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Erik Harper Klass
- Mar 27
- 1 min
Congratulations to Judy Stanigar ...
I'm happy to share the news that one of Submitit's client-authors, Judy Stanigar, had her newest novel, Hope is the Thing with Feathers,...
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Erik Harper Klass
- Mar 19
- 1 min
Congratulations to H S Derkin for an Accepted Story!
I'd like to congratulate H S Derkin for getting his short story “How You Learn to Drive Truck” accepted to Charge Magazine. This is a...
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Erik Harper Klass
- Feb 28
- 11 min
What I Learned About Writing After Reading 1,000 Short Stories Last Year
(This essay was published in slightly different form in The Writing Cooperative.) A year or so ago, I started working on Submitit's...
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Erik Harper Klass
- Feb 26
- 1 min
Congratulations to Ann Montgomery for an Accepted Essay!
I'm very happy to announce that Ann Montgomery got her wonderful (and wonderfully titled) creative nonfiction piece "Papaya Abortion"...
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Erik Harper Klass
- Feb 16
- 1 min
Submitit on the Radio!
The Writer Files is a great podcast dedicated entirely to writing. Episodes focus on "the habits, habitats, and brains of a wide spectrum...
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Erik Harper Klass
- Feb 3
- 1 min
Congratulations to Keith Hofman for an Accepted Story!
I'd like to congratulate Keith Hofman for getting his short story "The Summer My Sister Grew Sideburns" (great title, right?) accepted to...
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Erik Harper Klass
- Jan 15
- 4 min
“How (Not) to Write Dialogue,” exclaimed, moodily, Erik Harper Klass.
I’ve been working on a flash fiction story for the past week or so—a story of two lovers. It’s coming together. I have some clever facts...
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Erik Harper Klass
- Jan 3
- 5 min
The Eight Mistakes Writers Make Submitting to Literary Journals
I consistently see the same handful of mistakes.
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Erik Harper Klass
- Dec 19, 2020
- 5 min
The Grammar Rule Only Copyeditors Know
Learn how to use hyphens, en-dashes, and em-dashes.
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