If you are having a lengthy delay in publishing, please add the name of your story and when submitted here.

[DEFCOM5]

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Are any of your stories still in pending?

No. As soon as I see the bug, I delete and resubmit!

 

[RejectReality]

I've had two change submission dates and go up in the normal course of time, including the most recent one. So it's not universal that is some signal of impending doom.

 

[Darknight666writer]

If you have stories that are a day or more past their publish date still in pending, I would shoot Manu a note.

I'm new here. How do you do that?

 

[SmilingLez]

I'm new here. How do you do that?

https://forum.literotica.com/search/3022165/?c[users]=Manu&o=relevance

Follow him and send him a message using the little envelope icon on the upper part of the screen

 

[LJB37]

My first submission was put in on 9/23. No movement since. "Cookie's First Submission"

 

[MuscularNudity]

5 and counting now

 

[True_Motherfucker]

I just want to remove a story. It's been pending since 10/22. I just want re-submit the story with a different title and some minor changes

 

[EmilyMiller]

I just want to remove a story. It's been pending since 10/22. I just want re-submit the story with a different title and some minor changes

Are you asking for assistance with the above?

 

[cw5523729]

Are you asking for assistance with the above?

I wonder how many people read your thread title and think you have some magical power to fix it.

 

[DEFCOM5]

I wonder how many people read your thread title and think you have some magical power to fix it.

come on, we all know that @EmilyMiller has super powers ....

 

[EmilyMiller]

come on, we all know that @EmilyMiller has super powers ....

Yeah - I can make new universes by blinking.

 

[cw5523729]

Yeah - I can make new universes by blinking.

A normal blink or an I-Dream-of-Jennie-type blink?

 

[DEFCOM5]

Yeah - I can make new universes by blinking.

That is the least impressive of her super powers!

 

[EmilyMiller]

A normal blink or an I-Dream-of-Jennie-type blink?

Imma gonna have to Google…

 

[cw5523729]

Imma gonna have to Google…

Don't bother. It wasn't that funny anyway. At least not to anyone under 40.

 

[MetaBob]

I followed the instructions in this FAQ article: https://www.literotica.com/faq/publishing/editing-published-work

My story edit has been pending since September 14th.

The original story, which I write for the 2025 Summer Lovin' contest, is Travel Nurse, or The Last Word. Adding "- EDITED" after the title would make it too long, so changing the title to "STORY EDIT" is the recommended fallback plan, which I did. My modifications are minor.

After it spent 45 days in PENDING status, I made several more small changes to the text and re-submitted the story.

 

[Dark_Logan_]

Currently have two stories stuck pending (even after the delete and go again routine)

A third story uploaded last night in expectation of the long wait is given the new badge within hours and will publish tomorrow

*sinks to knees and raises fists, shaking them angrily at the Gods of erotic fiction*

 

[Imnobodyspecial]

Block by block ch. 01, submitted 10-21. That's the second time. First time it was pending for 5 days, i made some changes and then resubmitted it. Been waiting ever since.

 

[cw5523729]

@EmilyMiller - maybe you could add to post #1 a suggestion to include how the story was submitted (e.g., uploaded via word doc, html, odt, entered in the text box, etc.)?

 

[EmilyMiller]

@EmilyMiller - maybe you could add to post #1 a suggestion to include how the story was submitted (e.g., uploaded via word doc, html, odt, entered in the text box, etc.)?

Over the years, I’ve seen no correlation between method of submission and likelihood of rejection.

 

[cw5523729]

Over the years, I’ve seen no correlation between method of submission and likelihood of rejection.

Oh well, back to the drawing board.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Oh well, back to the drawing board.

People always want a reason. It’s like how some try to pick winning horses. The process is essentially stochastic.

 

[cw5523729]

People always want a reason. It’s like how some try to pick winning horses. The process is essentially stochastic.

So what I'm reading is that if I want to get my story published, I need to pick the winning horse?

I'm going with SeaBiscuit. He has a movie and a book about him so he's gotta be fast.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

Over the years, I’ve seen no correlation between method of submission and likelihood of rejection.

We've speculated a bit that submitting a Word file might help, as such a file contains the info about date created, the number of revisions, etc., which might be helpful in borderline AI-rejection cases. Of course, there was never any confirmation about whether it was truly helpful or not.

By the way, slowly entering day five of pending status, which isn't what I'm used to. It's been a while since I last submitted a story, but being approved within 2-3 days was the norm for me.

 

[cw5523729]

We've speculated a bit that submitting a Word file might help, as such a file contains the info about date created, the number of revisions, etc., which might be helpful in borderline AI-rejection cases. Of course, there was never any confirmation about whether it was truly helpful or not.

By the way, slowly entering day five of pending status, which isn't what I'm used to. It's been a while since I last submitted a story, but being approved within 2-3 days was the norm for me.

I have no idea if it helped or not, but all my approved stories that didn't get sent into story purgatory have been submitted via copy-and-paste into the text box.