Anyone else having a long wait time to get something published?

[UnpublishedEroticaWriter]

I sent a chapter of a story for my series on 09/10/2025. This is the first time I tried to make a series so I'm beginning to wonder if I did something wrong. The story was successfully submitted.

 

[SyleusSnow]

Yes, stories have been taking longer to get approved. No one knows why.

There are multiple discussions about it in the Authors Hangout forum. For example:

https://forum.literotica.com/thread...f-your-story-and-when-submitted-here.1641620/

 

[SmilingLez]

I and many others (Author's hangout sub forum) had the same issue (pending forever). I took the advice of another person who said to delete the pending work, change the title, and submit it as new. It worked for a prose of mine so I did it with a non erotic story so we will see if it works for that as well. Literotica's (current) CMS is over 20 yrs old

 

[UnpublishedEroticaWriter]

Well, it sounds like resubmitting it is the only option. I reached out to them vs feedback option to ask if something was wrong with my story a few weeks back and I got no answer. But I'm a little worried if I delete the original my new submission will just go to the back of the queue. Maybe I can submit a new one and if it get published I can delete the one stuck in pending?

 

[SmilingLez]

Your story has been pending since September 10, almost a month. Other people who submitted later than you have their stories already posted. You have nothing to lose because you are probably not at the bottom of the queue; you are probably caught in the crack of an imperfect and ancient CMS.

I went the bug report route as well as DMing - no reply

 

[UnpublishedEroticaWriter]

OK, I deleted and republished it. I didn't try to put it in the series section this time. When it gets publish I can switch it over. Hopefully this is a one time thing. Thanks for the advice. I hope it works. I forgot to change the title.