How Long Before Story Goes Live?

[Allen_X_Miller]

Hello!

I submitted a story for "Loving Wives" well over a week ago but it has not yet gone live. In my experience a story usually goes live in a few days. Are things simply taking longer these days, or could something be wrong?

Thanks!

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Hmm... Just had one go live and it only took 3 days.

Are you sure it's in pending and not draft? If it is in pending, PM Laurel and ask her to check on it, nicely, it may have slipped by somehow.

 

[DanDraper]

It usually takes up to three days, unless you submitted it by uploading the file instead of copy/pasting it then that will take much longer.

If you're always in there to make changes to the story that then it's like resubmitting it and it will start all over again.

The only other thing I can think of is that there may be problem with the submission guidelines in it. Last month I submitted a story that was taking to long for them to post and then after a week it got rejected with an explanation about a guideline issue.



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[Allen_X_Miller]

Thanks. It still says "Pending." I'll see if I can reach Laurel.

 

[Allen_X_Miller]

Thanks. I did upload a file, as I always do. It never took this long before. I haven't made any changes.

Maybe the story is SO GOOD they submitted it for a Pulitzer, or something.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Thanks. I did upload a file, as I always do. It never took this long before. I haven't made any changes.

Maybe the story is SO GOOD they submitted it for a Pulitzer, or something.

there is probably a long que line right now.

 

[Allen_X_Miller]

Thanks. That's what I considered as the likely reason, but since it's been 10 days, I thought I'd ask.

 

[Trionyx]

My most recent submission the other day was posted in two days.

 

[ElectricBlue]

My latest went live in two and a half days, just before the Nude Day contest started.

 

[SimonDoom]

Over the last four and a half years of submitting 39 stories, my average wait is four days from submission to publication. I think maybe once or twice it was five or six days. One time, on the eve of a contest deadline, it was two hours. For the two stories I just submitted to the ongoing Nude Day contest, it was two days.

 

[Allen_X_Miller]

My story - "Tugging One for the Team " - went live last night. Thanks for all the feedback.

 

[EVSardis]

Similar Issue

I have the same problem, so I checked it this morning, I found it odd that a story I submitted a couple of day’s ago has tomorrow’s date on it.

I do have artwork that has been in the queue for about four days, but not too sure what the normal wait time for that is.

 

[KeithD]

Thanks. That's what I considered as the likely reason, but since it's been 10 days, I thought I'd ask.

If you are sure the story got submitted and is in pending, a ten-day delay is long enough (I haven't let it go more than a week) to justify a status-check PM to laurel, the sole submissions editor.

 

[ElectricBlue]

I have the same problem, so I checked it this morning, I found it odd that a story I submitted a couple of day’s ago has tomorrow’s date on it.

I do have artwork that has been in the queue for about four days, but not too sure what the normal wait time for that is.

That's the scheduled publish date. Stories go live on midnight server runs (nearly always mid afternoon my time in Australia). Art work usually takes longer - Laurel might process them all in a batch given they probably all need to be re-sized to fit into the data stack. Once a week, maybe? It's been a while since I posted any art.

 

[KeithD]

I have the same problem, so I checked it this morning, I found it odd that a story I submitted a couple of day’s ago has tomorrow’s date on it.

I do have artwork that has been in the queue for about four days, but not too sure what the normal wait time for that is.

The story I submitted yesterday now has tomorrow's date attached to it, as well. That's when it will post to the open file.

 

[JohnEngelman]

If my story is rejected, will I be told so, and why it was rejected? I cannot imagine why it would be rejected. The protagonist and his love interest are in their twenties. My story is a pristine romance. There is no sex, no nudity, and no obscene words. The hero and heroine do not even touch each other.

 

[KeithD]

If my story is rejected, will I be told so, and why it was rejected? I cannot imagine why it would be rejected. The protagonist and his love interest are in their twenties. My story is a pristine romance. There is no sex, no nudity, and no obscene words. The hero and heroine do not even touch either.

Yes, it will be moved from "Pending" to "Sent Back" on your "Works" page. If you open it up there you will see a generic reason, in the form of a question, why it was rejected. Sometimes what is being questioned doesn't apply, in which case you can just resubmit with a note to that effect and a request to see specifically what the problem is posted to the "Notes" box.

 

[Emirus]

It usually takes up to three days, unless you submitted it by uploading the file instead of copy/pasting it then that will take much longer.

I’ve always uploaded a file and have never found a reason to complain about the time between submission and being published.

There are exceptions, as there are with anything in life, but I think it’s really to do with the number of stories submitted at any one time. Or the time Laurel takes for her lunch break. Although there’s a good chance she doesn’t stop for meals.

 

[oggbashan]

Four things can delay a submission:

1. There is a contest running and it isn't a contest story. The April Fool contest is running now.

2. You are a new author and therefore an unknown quantity.

3. The story might break some of Lit's guidelines and therefore needs a closer look.

4. You used many text variations that might not fit with Lit's preferred style. A few italics or bolds might be OK. Indentation, unusual paragraphing etc can cause problems for Laurel.

 

[JohnEngelman]

Yes, it will be moved from "Pending" to "Sent Back" on your "Works" page. If you open it up there you will see a generic reason, in the form of a question, why it was rejected. Sometimes what is being questioned doesn't apply, in which case you can just resubmit with a note to that effect and a request to see specifically what the problem is posted to the "Notes" box.

How can I find my "Works" page?

 

[KeithD]

How can I find my "Works" page?

I responded to that on another thread.

 

[pumpkindice]

Few points from my own experience.

I had a story take 8 days to publish one time, and a PM quickly remedied that issue. Sometimes, things just get lost for whatever reason. A gentle note asking for the status is fine at that point.

My last submission got approved for publication faster than any submission I've ever had: less than 24 hours from the time I submitted to the time it was approved and scheduled for publication. I submitted it on Thursday night, March 3rd, and it was approved on March 4th and was published on the 6th.

It does take longer for newer authors to get approved, probably because the vetting process has to be more thorough. I remember it taking a week for the first few stories I submitted, now with the publication of my 19th, it takes a few days. After the powers that be get used to an author and figure out that you always follow the rules and guidelines (or, perhaps more accurately, that you, the author, now know exactly what those guidelines are because you're experienced) it should go faster.

One other thing that I found hilarious: my first few chapters were published without problems, but I think my fourth chapter was rejected and had a list of complaints about it. Thing is, those first three chapters were even worse with the complaints and the fourth chapter was an improvement, but was the one that got flagged. I think they didn't reject the first couple because they didn't want me to get discouraged, but when the fourth chapter came in, they figured "okay, he's going to keep writing, time to get him cleaned up with regards to the guidelines."

 

[PennameWombat]

My most recent story went live last night. It sat in pending for 12 days in total, and that included 4 days after I sent a PM enquiring about it. Never got a response, story just finally got posted. It was never returned. And it's far from my first, it's story number 41.