Story Slowdown?

[sr71plt]

Anyone else experiencing a posting slowdown for their stories? I have one that's been sitting to post for five days. I can't remember it ever taking more than three days for years.

 

[podga]

On my last story, I submitted the last four chapters at a rate of one chapter per day. Posting times were all over the place though. One chapter was posted over 72 hours (closer to 84) later but the next in fewer than 72, so they ended up being posted on the same day. Definitely more irregular than my past experience, but nothing as long as five days.

 

[PennLady]

I've noticed the last couple of days that when I look at the list of new stories, sometimes when I first look they'll have as few as two (like today). Then a few hours later I guess they put another batch up. But they do seem to be all over -- some days 1.5 pages of new stories, other times, far less.

 

[lovecraft68]

Anyone else experiencing a posting slowdown for their stories? I have one that's been sitting to post for five days. I can't remember it ever taking more than three days for years.

For most of the last year all my stories were the normal 3 days. However 4 of my last 5 have been four days. I have not yet had one go 5 however.

Maybe it has something to do with the nude day contest?

 

[sr71plt]

For most of the last year all my stories were the normal 3 days. However 4 of my last 5 have been four days. I have not yet had one go 5 however.

Maybe it has something to do with the nude day contest?

My story postings have held steady on three days through all contests for about four years now. We'll see. I've PM'd Laurel about it. I've had strange things happen to the postings before, but not this wrinkle.

 

[lovecraft68]

My story postings have held steady on three days through all contests for about four years now. We'll see. I've PM'd Laurel about it. I've had strange things happen to the postings before, but not this wrinkle.

Maybe it's a punishment for giving Scouries such a hard time! After all he does earn royalties here and I'm sure has some pull!

Seriously, maybe there is a bigger influx of new stories? If she answers you bump the thread, am curious to see what is going on.

 

[sr71plt]

Story up on the 6th day. Laurel reported that there has been a slowdown for a couple of reasons.

 

[lovecraft68]

Bump.

Is your story up yet? Planning on submitting my next one tonight and wondering how long it will be.

 

[curious2c]

I've posted stories here since 2002 and there have been times that it takes up to seven days and five days is not unusual. The quickest I've had a story go up is three days. I know that at Storiesonline it is a twenty four hour turnaround from posting/submitting to seeing it online... usually. Once I had a story there take two days and far more often it takes less that twenty-four hours.

What used to bug me about Lit mostly was that I'd get a story refused and have to go through it again and again to see the mistakes (Usually spelling or grammar) while I'd read stories up on the site in new stories and in the older ones, stories that were atrocious for spelling, grammar, syntax, and other issues. The worst one I ever submitted that went online was better than 'those' stories.

I'm really not certain whom edits or finally posts the stories, but at times I wonder about consistency.

I've learned to accept that which I cannot change.

 

[sr71plt]

I've posted stories here since 2002 and there have been times that it takes up to seven days and five days is not unusual. The quickest I've had a story go up is three days. I know that at Storiesonline it is a twenty four hour turnaround from posting/submitting to seeing it online... usually. Once I had a story there take two days and far more often it takes less that twenty-four hours.

What used to bug me about Lit mostly was that I'd get a story refused and have to go through it again and again to see the mistakes (Usually spelling or grammar) while I'd read stories up on the site in new stories and in the older ones, stories that were atrocious for spelling, grammar, syntax, and other issues. The worst one I ever submitted that went online was better than 'those' stories.

I'm really not certain whom edits or finally posts the stories, but at times I wonder about consistency.

I've learned to accept that which I cannot change.

Nobody at the Web site edits the stories. Up until the one that took six days just now, my stories haven't taken more than four days to post--and almost always on a steady three-day schedule for years.

 

[curious2c]

Nobody at the Web site edits the stories. Up until the one that took six days just now, my stories haven't taken more than four days to post--and almost always on a steady three-day schedule for years.

Actually, the stories are not edited but they are checked before being put up... I know this to be true. I said edited because in a way that is how they're trying to ensure a quality story being posted... but I can also see it's not working well either. They don't change the stories, but they do accept or reject them based on the writing.

It used to be a story would be read by one or up to three other people before being posted online... I'm not certain how it's being done now though.

 

[sr71plt]

Actually, the stories are not edited but they are checked before being put up... I know this to be true. I said edited because in a way that is how they're trying to ensure a quality story being posted... but I can also see it's not working well either. They don't change the stories, but they do accept or reject them based on the writing.

It used to be a story would be read by one or up to three other people before being posted online... I'm not certain how it's being done now though.

They are checked by a computer program looking for specific combinations of things that don't discern the context of the story at all. When you get those initial rejection messages your story has yet to be seen by a human. You have to put a note in the submissions box for the story to kick over to human eyes.

The biggest issue is that there essentiall is one editor to pass through 60+ stories day in and day out. It's actually amazing that this gets accomplished--day in and day out.

 

[HeyAll]

I've noticed this as well; posted a story last Monday and it came out today. And there wasn't the usual release of new stories out late at night.

And today there was an epic release of a page and a half of new stories. I think that might mean it's over.

Story up on the 6th day. Laurel reported that there has been a slowdown for a couple of reasons.

Did she tell you what the reasons are?

 

[sr71plt]

Did she tell you what the reasons are?

Yes. She'd gone several days with limited access to a computer (it's her summer too), and there has, in fact, been an increase in the volume of stories.

 

[myrionomos]

I have posted a 20 part series, "Educating Harry" over the past four months. I posted almost all chapters on a Friday or Saturday at a similar time, and all except the last was up in 3.5 days. The twentieth chapter took 5.5 days. There does seem to be a heavy load of submissions in the last couple of weeks which may account for this.

Possibly more important than a couple of days delay is that during heavy submissions periods, stories may be on the "new" stories list for a shorter period of time, which may in turn means less reads. The final chapter started fairly low on the list and the number of reads is well down -- though the number of votes is not down in proportion.

 

[lovecraft68]

I submitted my latest at 10pm Monday night and I just saw on my page that it will be going up tomorrow so 3 days which is pretty much how it had always been. It did however have 60 views.

 

[BettyFloored]

I was curious about this too. I am new and not sure how things work here, but my submissions are taking a while and I thought maybe I did something weird.

 

[sr71plt]

I was curious about this too. I am new and not sure how things work here, but my submissions are taking a while and I thought maybe I did something weird.

Stories by newer authors will take even longer than those by authors who've been posting for years. It's just an initial closer check, I think.