Is this a record?

[Writer61]

I now have eight stories pending. Three for over a week (and one of those is a resubmit after two weeks).

It's getting frustrating.

 

[Writer61]

I take that back, returning to my 'works' page after posting the message above, I see that four of them now have a publishing date. Annoyingly, it's the four that I submitted a couple of days ago, and one of them is out of sequence, but I'll take it.

The backlog works in mysterious ways.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

Can you share a bit more detail, like the submission dates and which ones you resubmitted?

 

[Writer61]

From 'The Rise of Laura':
#2) On the road, first submitted on 16/Oct, withdrawn and resubmitted on 29/Oct, still pending
#3) In the studio, submitted on 29/Oct, still pending
#4) Goes private, submitted on 29/Oct, still pending

 

[AwkwardlySet]

From 'The Rise of Laura':
#2) On the road, first submitted on 16/Oct, withdrawn and resubmitted on 29/Oct, still pending
#3) In the studio, submitted on 29/Oct, still pending
#4) Goes private, submitted on 29/Oct, still pending

And the ones that did get a publishing date?

 

[Writer61]

From 'Adam at Large':
#1) Down under, submitted on 5/Nov, due to publish 7/Nov
#2) All Aboard, submitted on 5/Nov, due to publish 8/Nov (in a different category to #1)
#3) Entertaining Ruth, submitted on 5/Nov, due to publish 7/Nov (same category as #2)
#4) French Connection, submitted on 5/Nov, due to publish 7/Nov (same category as #1)

As I said, the backlog moves in mysterious ways.

 

[Writer61]

And the ones that did get a publishing date?

See above, I pressed enter too soon.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

From 'Adam at Large':
#1) Down under, submitted on 5/Nov, due to publish 7/Nov
#2) All Aboard, submitted on 5/Nov, due to publish 8/Nov (in a different category to #1)
#3) Entertaining Ruth, submitted on 5/Nov, due to publish 7/Nov (same category as #2)
#4) French Connection, submitted on 5/Nov, due to publish 7/Nov (same category as #1)

As I said, the backlog moves in mysterious ways.

These four, are they resubmissions or freshly minted stories? I'm trying to discern some pattern here, as we can only rely on our own wits. No help is coming.

 

[ElectricBlue]

From 'Adam at Large':
#1) Down under, submitted on 5/Nov, due to publish 7/Nov
#2) All Aboard, submitted on 5/Nov, due to publish 8/Nov (in a different category to #1)
#3) Entertaining Ruth, submitted on 5/Nov, due to publish 7/Nov (same category as #2)
#4) French Connection, submitted on 5/Nov, due to publish 7/Nov (same category as #1)

As I said, the backlog moves in mysterious ways.

Good things come to those who wait .

 

[Writer61]

These four, are they resubmissions or freshly minted stories? I'm trying to discern some pattern here, as we can only rely on our own wits. No help is coming.

All newly minted. I had three of them as drafts for a week or so, waiting for 'The Rise of Laura' stories to drop, but got frustrated when I completed #4, and submitted them all at the same time.

Why these made it through moderation before 'The Rise of Laura' stories is strange, I wonder if there is some variation on 'only tackle the backlog after the recent stuff is done' at play.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

I think you should try resubmitting one of your long-pending stories. There are reasons to hope that it will go through as quickly as the four stories that were already published. Your call, of course.

 

[Writer61]

Update: all the stories now have a publication date.

Eight stories approved in less than a day = maybe still a record.