EDITING SERVICES
Submitit's Editor: Erik Harper Klass
***First things first: I tend to have several weeks of editing work in my queue. Please feel free to inquire about my schedule before signing up: info@submititnow.com.***
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As a writer, I have published stories and essays in a variety of literary journals, including New England Review, South Carolina Review, Slippery Elm, Summerset Review, Cola Literary Review (previously Yemassee), Blood Orange Review, and many more, and I have been nominated for multiple Pushcart Prizes. I have published a novella from Buttonhook Press (2023).
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As an editor, I have worked with dozens of professional writers, including Erin Rose Belair (Glimmer Train, Narrative, Greensboro Review), Becky Tuch (McSweeney's, Virginia Quarterly Review, Salt Hill, Best of the Net), and Dominica Phetteplace (Zyzzyva, Copper Nickel, Ecotone, multiple Pushcart Prizes). Stories and essays I've edited have been published in scores of literary journals, including Southern Indian Review, Chicago Literary Review, The Summerset Review, Rappahannock Review, and tons more (see our Testimonials & Publishings page).
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From the minutiae of copy editing, to broader topics such as character, language, and voice, to the use of craft and the development of style, I will help you take your writing to the next level. To read much more about my approach to editing, click here.
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Try my editing for free!
Send me the first page or two of your story or essay (max. 350 words), and I’ll give you a taste of how important competent and thoughtful editing can be. Email me, with your work attached, at info@submititnow.com.
COPY EDITING
$60/1,000 words
Copy editing focuses on errors of grammar, spelling, syntax, and common usage. Writers have a notoriously difficult time copyediting their own work. And a story with multiple errors will obviously distract a reader from noticing its potential greatness. There’s simply too much competition out there to submit grammatically imperfect stories. We’ll help you get your work in shape for submitting.
LINE EDITING
$85/1,000 words
Line editing focuses primarily on “big picture” issues, such as writing style, consistency of voice or concept, and creative content at the paragraph and story level. Good line editing also includes looking for errors in sentence structure, word flow and usage, pacing, and so on. Our line editing services always include copyediting (but not the other way around).
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CONSULTING
$100/hour
Typically, before we consult with a writer one-on-one, we’ll copyedit or line edit a story. Consulting is a meeting of voices. It allows us to get into a story in much greater detail. If you have questions about a story, or simply want to discuss the writing or submission process in general, consulting is the way to go. (Copyediting and line editing fees are not included in our consulting fees.)
Testimonials
"Erik brings kindness, wisdom and deep knowledge to the editing and submission process.” —Dominica Phetteplace (Pushcart Prize, Zyzzyva, Copper Nickel, Ecotone, and others)
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"Erik was prompt, responsive, cordial, and a pleasure to work with. His comments and suggestions improved my essays and stories immensely. And he placed all three of my pieces [in literary journals] within three months. He totally knows his stuff!" —Dvora Wolff Rabino (The Ignatian Literary Magazine, Linden Avenue Literary Journal, The Lascaux Review, and others)
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"Getting published in a literary journal was a lifelong dream of mine. After years of rejections, Erik helped me get there! His sensitive and thoughtful editing and comments made my stories better. I’m deeply thankful and urge writers to give him a try.” —Jane Van Cantfort (Fiction on the Web and others)