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Submitit’s Success Rate (An Update)

It’s hard to imagine that Submitit has been going strong now for over four years. Near the end of 2021 (around a year in) I wrote a post...

Erik Harper Klass

Feb 52 min read

"Cleaning" Returned Stories and Essays

When we return, via email, a story or essay, we will include several important steps—from saving the file, to dealing with our tracked...

Erik Harper Klass

Dec 6, 20246 min read

Thoughts on Creative Nonfiction

Ever since Submitit started handling creative nonfiction a few years ago, I’ve acquired the uncomfortable notion that many writers of...

Erik Harper Klass

Sep 25, 202416 min read

A Few Words on How I Edit

My Editing Philosophy Like all good editors, I’m concerned with those elemental, essential aspects of writing, including plot,...

Erik Harper Klass

Jul 14, 20245 min read

Submitit's Client Portal

Submitit has recently (July 11, 2024) introduced a huge update: an (almost) magical platform. While in the past, Erik and Christine used...

Erik Harper Klass

Jun 11, 20242 min read

Erik Harper Klass Searches for Erik Harper Klass: Part 2

As some of you may recall, a few weeks ago I received an email from a certain Erik Harper Klass, which email contained a...

Erik Harper Klass

Apr 1, 20247 min read

Amazon Rejected a Review of My Novella (I Think)

A few days ago I received the following review of my novella . The review was sent anonymously—or, I should say, homonymously—to my...

Erik Harper Klass

Feb 26, 20243 min read

The Ephemerality of Literary Journals

(First of all, am I the only one who can’t seem to get enough of the word ephemeral ? It kind of rolls off the tongue. Never gets...

Erik Harper Klass

Oct 14, 20232 min read

1,001 Ways to Find Literary Journals for Your Story (Without Actually Having to Read Them)

(This post was published in slightly different form in Chill Subs .) A selection, based on personal experience: 1. Since my...

Erik Harper Klass

Jun 30, 20239 min read

The Possibly Impossible Task of Ranking Literary Journals

I wrote a post not long ago about how I evaluate literary journals , focusing mostly on smaller and usually newer ones. These journals...

Erik Harper Klass

Apr 5, 20236 min read

I’ve Made Some Changes to Submitit’s Algorithm

(A warning before you start this post: It’s a little wonky. I dive pretty deep into my algorithm. If you dislike detailed discussions of...

Erik Harper Klass

May 1, 20224 min read

How I Made $0.02/Hour as a Writer (and How You Can Too!)

I write mostly fiction. I’m working on a (ridiculously long) novel, from which I occasionally submit excerpts as short stories to...

Erik Harper Klass

Jan 15, 20226 min read

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...

Erik Harper Klass

Oct 3, 20214 min read

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...

Erik Harper Klass

Jun 6, 20212 min read

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...

Erik Harper Klass

Feb 15, 20211 min read

The Submitit Algorithm (a Brief Origin Story)

I recently wrote an article about the single biggest mistake writers make when submitting their stories to literary journals.

Erik Harper Klass

Sep 20, 20204 min read