Story sitting in Pending for over a week

[LostSoulz]

Hi

I submitted a story and 5 artwork images that have been pending for well over a week now. I emailed support off the literotica website, but haven't received a reply. Please can someone assist?

Thanks!

 

[TheWritingGroup]

That's not a long wait, really, and the forum's consensus is that illustrated stories take longer to approve than pure-text ones.

--Annie

 

[LostSoulz]

Ok but my artwork isn't a story, just 5 images. Usually they publish ir send back with 4 days. This is unusually long.

 

[StillStunned]

If you're really worried, send a DM (using the envelope at the top of your screen) to Laurel, the site owner. Politely inquire about the status. You're not likely to get a reply, but if your story has slipped through the cracks it usually sets things in motion.

Some people recommend copying the URL of the story in your Pending folder. I've never tried that, so I can't say whether it works.

 

[Claire_RA]

It recently took one of my stories 14 days to be published (from May 10 to May 24). I can only assume that there is a huge backlog of stories currently.

 

[TheseThings]

I’m in the same boat with two text only stores, I’ve probably made it worse by taking them out of pending and resubmitting them…..doh!

 

[PennyThompson]

I’m in the same boat with two text only stores, I’ve probably made it worse by taking them out of pending and resubmitting them…..doh!

Unfortunately yeah, when you do that you're basically giving up your place in line and heading to the back of the queue

It's not unusual for a submission to take about a week, give or take, to be accepted for publishing. That's especially true for new writers, who seem to get a bit more scrutiny than writers that have a few published works under their belt.

All you can do is click Publish, walk away, don't touch it, and be patient!

 

[TheseThings]

Penny, thanks for your advice.

Being patient, has never been my strongest characteristic. Lol

Hopefully will be approved this weekend, bites nails….

 

[Stubbornstain]

I came to the forum looking for some clarity and it seems I am not the only one. My first submission at the end of May took three days to be approved. My second submission has been sitting in Pending for almost two weeks now.

 

[Claire_RA]

I came to the forum looking for some clarity and it seems I am not the only one. My first submission at the end of May took three days to be approved. My second submission has been sitting in Pending for almost two weeks now.

It was exactly the same for me. It would be really helpful to see some form of progress, that you are climbing up the waiting list, albeit slowly. As a new author I just wondered whether I had done something wrong. Maybe it helps you to know that my story was published after exactly two weeks.

 

[Stubbornstain]

Great

It was exactly the same for me. It would be really helpful to see some form of progress, that you are climbing up the waiting list, albeit slowly. As a new author I just wondered whether I had done something wrong. Maybe it helps you to know that my story was published after exactly two weeks.

Great idea; it would be good to see queue status. It is also not clear to me how staff can communicate with me. I can "leave a note to moderators" but they cannot leave a note back. For example, I had a "series image" declined with not explanation as to why. As far as I was concerned, it met the guidelines for such images - and I would obviously make changes as required if changes were needed but I had no way of knowing what changes needed to be made to the image I took the time to create myself.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Great

Great idea; it would be good to see queue status. It is also not clear to me how staff can communicate with me. I can "leave a note to moderators" but they cannot leave a note back. For example, I had a "series image" declined with not explanation as to why. As far as I was concerned, it met the guidelines for such images - and I would obviously make changes as required if changes were needed but I had no way of knowing what changes needed to be made to the image I took the time to create myself.

For stories submitted, there is only one mod who reviews and approves, and that's Laurel, the site owner. The only way to reach her is by PM (her user id is "Laurel") and you won't get much by way of communication - she's really busy and it's pretty rare for her to respond, other than to approve something that's been taking a while.

When something is rejected, usually all you get is an automated message. You have to figure out why and correct it.

Just as a suggestion, Lit Tech Support really does not get much in the way of eyes on by Lit Tech Support - you're better off to go to the Authors Hangout and open a thread there with your questions. You'll get a lot more help and guidelines on what to do from other authors on the AH who have been here for a few years and who know the ropes. These sorts of questions come up all the time and the Authors Hangout will give you way more support and answer your questions, generally helpfully LOL.

https://forum.literotica.com/forums/authors-hangout.3/

 

[ChloeTzang]

Penny, thanks for your advice.

Being patient, has never been my strongest characteristic. Lol

Hopefully will be approved this weekend, bites nails….

See my post above

 

[ChloeTzang]

Hi

I submitted a story and 5 artwork images that have been pending for well over a week now. I emailed support off the literotica website, but haven't received a reply. Please can someone assist?

Thanks!

See my post above - best is to drop into the Authors Hangout and ask.

 

[Elayne_Hawke]

Oh, I feel your guys pain and frustration, I really do. And I'm sorry. Here's one even more frustrating. Wait the 14+ days after submitting and then have it rejected. I recently had that happen

Basically just have patience, guys. I know it gets frustrating but eventually you will see something happen. Just don't let it discourage you. I've read some really excellent stories on lit from authors who have gone through what you are. I know the anxiety that's probably going through you, especially for a first time author. I started submitting my writing on lit a little over a year ago. I've had to wait, I've had a couple of chapters rejected 2 times but I resubmitted n it's gone through. It's a patience game. Just give it time.

Good luck guys. Hope to see your story out there.

 

[Stubbornstain]

For stories submitted, there is only one mod who reviews and approves, and that's Laurel, the site owner. The only way to reach her is by PM (her user id is "Laurel") and you won't get much by way of communication - she's really busy and it's pretty rare for her to respond, other than to approve something that's been taking a while.

When something is rejected, usually all you get is an automated message. You have to figure out why and correct it.

Just as a suggestion, Lit Tech Support really does not get much in the way of eyes on by Lit Tech Support - you're better off to go to the Authors Hangout and open a thread there with your questions. You'll get a lot more help and guidelines on what to do from other authors on the AH who have been here for a few years and who know the ropes. These sorts of questions come up all the time and the Authors Hangout will give you way more support and answer your questions, generally helpfully LOL.

https://forum.literotica.com/forums/authors-hangout.3/

If I understood you correctly, it sounds like my fellow members are more useful than the people that help to run the website? That feels weird to me. I help run a major fetish website and the thought of having just a single point of failure terrifies me.

 

[rockybal]

So when Laurel dies the site dies as well? i fucking hope my edit gets done soon then .


edited twenty four hours later for missing one word.

 

[Sapphira_Vex]

I keep getting this - I've got some that are part of a series and then it takes weeks and weeks and weeks before they are published. Maybe more moderators are needed?

 

[TheWritingGroup]

I keep getting this - I've got some that are part of a series and then it takes weeks and weeks and weeks before they are published. Maybe more moderators are needed?

Consider that the entire staff of Literotica is 2 people. Adding a third to be the other moderator would be a significant expense for site owner Laurel. How will you persuade her to do it?

--Annie

 

[Claire_RA]

Consider that the entire staff of Literotica is 2 people. Adding a third to be the other moderator would be a significant expense for site owner Laurel. How will you persuade her to do it?

--Annie

Just a suggestion on my part... and that one might be very naive because I've never done this myself. But why not start a Kickstarter campaign "Bringing Literotica into the 21st Century" (or something like that), define a few compelling stretch goals and collect some money from the community to modernize the site with a lot of quality of life features? Given the sheer number of authors and readers that visit Literotica every day, it feels like it would be easy to gather a decent sum of money that could be invested into the place. And depending on how much money the campaign makes, Literotica could also hire a person or two to help with the approval process for stories.

And take Kickstarter just as an example. Maybe another platform would be better suited for Literotica. My point is: Literotica generates so much traffic from a very loyal userbase, there must be the potential here to collect a decent sum of money in a non-exploitative way to give the site an overhaul.

 

[WantonAmel]

First, thanks everyone here for the advice.

I'm new, have a 3 chapter story, and have been waiting for the last chapter to publish for more than a week so I've been trying to figure out whats wrong. It sounds like that just happens sometimes, but the reason its frustrating is the expectations set elsewhere on the site; the FAQ says 2-4 days and over that contact support, and my first 2 chapters were apparently lucky and hit that.

Maybe the FAQ should be updated, especially if new authors tend to take longer?

Also, I agree its crazy that everything is being reviewed by one person. Super grateful to her (and the other employee) for keeping things running.

If its an expense thing, maybe reviewing and approving volunteer reviewers would be a way to spread workload? I bet there's people here that would be happy to do it, and if you double checked their work initially (and/ or just sampled what they were reviewing after) I bet she could reduce her own workload while still having things reviewed by someone (or maybe multiple people). Not a perfect system, but just an idea.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Hi

I submitted a story and 5 artwork images that have been pending for well over a week now. I emailed support off the literotica website, but haven't received a reply. Please can someone assist?

Thanks!

There's a new policy on art - no nudes. So if your five images are nudes, it's never going to get published.

Setting that aside, illustrated stories have always been done in batches, with a 4 - 6 week gap. That's just the way it is, your story is on a slow moving conveyor belt. You haven't done anything wrong, your work most probably hasn't even been looked at yet, and the email goes into a black hole.

The only reliable contact mechanism is a PM to Laurel. You most likely won't get a reply, but your story might change status to New, or it will be Rejected. There's no other status given.

 

[Ginga_Jay]

I’m in the same boat with two text only stores, I’ve probably made it worse by taking them out of pending and resubmitting them…..doh!

I think I did the same thing, unfortunately. I thought maybe it got lost in the shuffle after it'd been 8 days and still sitting pending. I resubmitted and it's been another 5 days. It probably would have gone through by now, but after the first 8 chapters of the series going through within 2 days each, it was concerning that the 9th chapter would take so much longer. Hopefully, being patient this time around will see it actually go live.

 

[Bloodandglitter]

I am having the same issue. I submitted part 5 of my story over a week ago and still not published. I PM'd Laurel (politely of course) to please publish it. It's never taken more than 3-4 days before.

 

[Ginga_Jay]

I am having the same issue. I submitted part 5 of my story over a week ago and still not published. I PM'd Laurel (politely of course) to please publish it. It's never taken more than 3-4 days before.

How exactly do I PM Laurel?