So - What's the deal with the Novel/Novella Category? Success Stories?

[AwkwardlySet]

So,

As a writer, I am a world builder, it's my thing. So my stories are all intended to be a part of a series. They run the gambit of categories, but they're connected enough that I have wondered about the novels and novellas category to keep them more bound together.

Is this a bad idea? Have there been any successes in that field?

Thanks,

TB

I believe you have a misconception of the term world-building.

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What you are referring to is something else entirely. It seems to me that you are creating a number of characters in your series and they are crossing over between your stories and series.

 

[MelissaBaby]

Hallo. May I ask a question? How long does it take for each entry to get published under “Novels & Novellas?” I am new here but I have one old account. Never submitted under this category. Doesn’t it get stuck in “pending” for ages?

I have not noticed any difference in pending times between stories posted in N&N and other categories.

 

[Duleigh]

Hallo. May I ask a question? How long does it take for each entry to get published under “Novels & Novellas?” I am new here but I have one old account. Never submitted under this category. Doesn’t it get stuck in “pending” for ages?

Not really. Three days was average for my We're a Wonderful Wife and each chapter went 30K words. If you're submitting for a contest it goes much quicker, if you're submitting edited versions of an existing story it takes much longer, but if it sits in pending for over 6 days you should reach out to Laurel.

 

[TheNightPorter]

Not really. Three days was average for my We're a Wonderful Wife and each chapter went 30K words. If you're submitting for a contest it goes much quicker, if you're submitting edited versions of an existing story it takes much longer, but if it sits in pending for over 6 days you should reach out to Laurel.

I have reached out to both Miss Laurel and Mr. Manu. I have been waiting for 11 days. My submission went in on the first of this month. It’s a little frustrating. I am writing on this account for the first time. Maybe that is the reason for the wait. I retired my old account over privacy concerns. You guys have any idea or suggestions?

 

[Duleigh]

I have reached out to both Miss Laurel and Mr. Manu. I have been waiting for 11 days. My submission went in on the first of this month. It’s a little frustrating. I am writing on this account for the first time. Maybe that is the reason for the wait. I retired my old account over privacy concerns. You guys have any idea or suggestions?

It could be because it's a first submission and they're reviewing it manually. Try again with an extremely polite message to Laurel and Manu (she reacts best to polite messages) ask if there is a problem that you can fix. That usually does it for me, because on occasion it happens to all of us. I've published over 70 stories in the last 2 years and she still takes her time on occasion.

 

[MillieDynamite]

That, my dear @Duleigh, is because you are such a dog with your writing, or is it devil? LOL.

It could be because it's a first submission and they're reviewing it manually. Try again with an extremely polite message to Laurel and Manu (she reacts best to polite messages) ask if there is a problem that you can fix. That usually does it for me, because on occasion it happens to all of us. I've published over 70 stories in the last 2 years and she still takes her time on occasion.

 

[TheNightPorter]

It could be because it's a first submission and they're reviewing it manually. Try again with an extremely polite message to Laurel and Manu (she reacts best to polite messages) ask if there is a problem that you can fix. That usually does it for me, because on occasion it happens to all of us. I've published over 70 stories in the last 2 years and she still takes her time on occasion.

Thanks Duleigh. Yeah, I even wrote to her using my old retired account username. Will give it a try.

 

[KeithD]

Hallo. May I ask a question? How long does it take for each entry to get published under “Novels & Novellas?” I am new here but I have one old account. Never submitted under this category. Doesn’t it get stuck in “pending” for ages?

Not any longer than any other category, I don't think. The times I've posted there, it hasn't been in pending any longer than other stories.

 

[MillieDynamite]

My two novellas here took 3 days each to publish.

 

[TheNightPorter]

My two novellas here took 3 days each to publish.

Yeah, do you remember if your first submission took any longer than the rest??

 

[MillieDynamite]

The novellas were submitted as one posting. This is my second time on the site (same pen name), and both times, the first posting took nearly a week. But with each posting, in both outings here, my lag time decreased.

Yeah, do you remember if your first submission took any longer than the rest??

 

[MillieDynamite]

Whether they are success or not, I'm pleased with them, both for what they have done here and in sales.

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Initially, Written in Blood was above 4.5 but fell out of favor with the 20th vote. It has more reads and more hearts but fewer votes than Richman's Wife. I can't tell you on Rich Man's Wife why I separated Rich and Man rather than a compound word. HUM! I'm sure I had my reasons. Yeah, I'll go with that, I had my reason and it isn't anyone business what they are, not that I can't remember them.