Approval Taking a Long Time

[LonerMedic]

Hello,

I have a submission that I posted 17 days ago. Is there a problem with the approval process?

Thanks!

LonerMedic

 

[Ssbbw4u1974]

I have noticed sometimes audios take a little bit longer to get published.

 

[AlinaHart]

Hello,

I have a submission that I posted 17 days ago. Is there a problem with the approval process?

Thanks!

LonerMedic

I'm experiencing the same thing right now. Not as long as you, but today is day seven for me.

 

[Ssbbw4u1974]

It will take longer if you're new to lit I believe...

 

[AlinaHart]

It will take longer if you're new to lit I believe...

That makes a lot of sense to me. And if my first two chapters hadn't gone through moderation so fast I wouldn't even bat an eye at the fact my third chapter has been in moderation since last Sunday.

My chapter one cleared moderation and was scheduled to publish in 2 days and a few hours. My second chapter cleared moderation and was scheduled for publishing in less than 2 hours.

 

[Acceptyourself2025]

same for me, on day 6

 

[ElectricBlue]

same for me, on day 6

A Contest has just run - contest stories take priority.

Be patient - while your story shows as Pending, that means no-one has looked at it yet. If after 8 or 9 days it's not moved to New, I'd send a polite PM to Laurel.

Don't resubmit it - that just sends it to the end of the queue.

 

[ElectricBlue]

My chapter one cleared moderation and was scheduled to publish in 2 days and a few hours. My second chapter cleared moderation and was scheduled for publishing in less than 2 hours.

Two hours is very unusual, even two days is quicker than usual.

 

[AlinaHart]

Two hours is very unusual, even two days is quicker than usual.

Right now I'm sitting on 14 days. Is that still in the normal range? What I would like to see is the policy change so that moderation clears stories for publishing, but doesn't actually publish. Instead, allowing writers to keep moderated stories in their "cleared" queue and release them in accordance with their own schedule. As a new author on the site, I was happy with the momentum I had for my first two chapters, but now it feels like I lost all of that because the people who read the first two chapters back to back have been waiting 2 weeks for the following two chapters that I submitted to moderation back then. If office head more control in exactly when stories were released for public view, I wouldn't have released a chapter until I had the following three or four chapters in "cleared" queue ready to go.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Right now I'm sitting on 14 days. Is that still in the normal range?

That's longer than usual, I think. Don't touch it, but send a polite PM to Laurel, asking if it's fallen through a crack.

What I would like to see is the policy change so that moderation clears stories for publishing, but doesn't actually publish. Instead, allowing writers to keep moderated stories in their "cleared" queue and release them in accordance with their own schedule.

The site schedules releases so that each category gets a steady flow of new stories. What you can do is submit everything at the same time and ask for a stagger. The site will normally publish a chapter every 24 hours, but I guess you could ask for a longer gap.

Keep in mind, once the whole thing is released, the timing is irrelevant. People get too hung up on the initial run, whereas stories are in for the long haul.

As a new author on the site, I was happy with the momentum I had for my first two chapters, but now it feels like I lost all of that because the people who read the first two chapters back to back have been waiting 2 weeks for the following two chapters that I submitted to moderation back then.

If your writing is good enough, fans will read chapters regardless, and in two years...

If office head more control in exactly when stories were released for public view, I wouldn't have released a chapter until I had the following three or four chapters in "cleared" queue ready to go.

See the comment up above. You're experiencing the same issues we all do when releasing chapters as you write them, rather than waiting for the whole thing to be finished.

 

[AlinaHart]

That's longer than usual, I think. Don't touch it, but send a polite PM to Laurel, asking if it's fallen through a crack.

The site schedules releases so that each category gets a steady flow of new stories. What you can do is submit everything at the same time and ask for a stagger. The site will normally publish a chapter every 24 hours, but I guess you could ask for a longer gap.

Keep in mind, once the whole thing is released, the timing is irrelevant. People get too hung up on the initial run, whereas stories are in for the long haul.


If your writing is good enough, fans will read chapters regardless, and in two years...

See the comment up above. You're experiencing the same issues we all do when releasing chapters as you write them, rather than waiting for the whole thing to be finished.

I'm actually almost finished with two right now. Apparently it was my mistake to think I should release one chapter at a time, because that seems to be the schedule of my favorite authors.

Now, I'll release the rest, and request a gap for the chapters.

 

[LonerMedic]

I'm experiencing the same thing right now. Not as long as you, but today is day seven for me.

I got rejected for AI, which is total BS, but nothing you can do about it. Going to another, better site.

 

[Lonelywife81]

I read a story yesterday with so many grammatical errors, but mine was rejected for what? Too long of ellipsis? Seriously?

 

[AlinaHart]

I read a story yesterday with so many grammatical errors, but mine was rejected for what? Too long of ellipsis? Seriously?

That makes me wonder if your ellipsis were flagged with an automated moderation tool.

One grammatical error after another is the fastest method to make me close a story.

I read every chapter twice - minimum - before I post. And it's a good thing that I do. I've caught some real doozies.

 

[armyjoe19k]

I read a story yesterday with so many grammatical errors, but mine was rejected for what? Too long of ellipsis? Seriously?

Mine was rejected because of the formatting.

 

[LonerMedic]

A lot of writers are very frustrated and have stopped posting because of the constant accusations of using AI.

Gee, I'm sorry. I'm both educated and literate. The people running the site seem to prefer 4th-grade-level plablum to quality writing.

 

[ElectricBlue]

I read a story yesterday with so many grammatical errors, but mine was rejected for what? Too long of ellipsis? Seriously?

Incorrect punctuation is one of multiple reasons for story rejections. It's not hard to follow published conventions, and get it right.

 

[ElectricBlue]

A lot of writers are very frustrated and have stopped posting because of the constant accusations of using AI.

Gee, I'm sorry. I'm both educated and literate. The people running the site seem to prefer 4th-grade-level plablum to quality writing.

Haha. Don't let the door hit your back on the way out.

 

[Lonelywife81]

Incorrect punctuation is one of multiple reasons for story rejections. It's not hard to follow published conventions, and get it right.

It's also not hard to know the difference between there, their, and they're... Yet here we are. And how to used closed quotation marks when someone is speaking. This story was riddled with much worse than a long pause.....

 

[ElectricBlue]

It's also not hard to know the difference between there, their, and they're... Yet here we are. And how to used closed quotation marks when someone is speaking. This story was riddled with much worse than a long pause.....

Maybe, but there's no point going on about the other story. It's yours you need to fix. Starting with ellipsis...

 

[Lonelywife81]

Maybe, but there's no point going on about the other story. It's yours you need to fix. Starting with ellipsis...

Yes, it's been published.