my submissions are being ignored

princeShaka

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I have published on this webpage before. For months now my submissions are being ignored.
Sending a messages does nothing.
 
Ignored meaning they sit in Pending forever without being either approved or sent back?

--Annie
 
I’ve submitted 2 stories the past week - they get submitted ok and then don’t even show in my pending
I’m starting to think about giving up posting stories here

You might have better luck posting for help in the Author's Hang-out.

Long delays in getting approved are common and there's lots of threads about it but not showing up in pending sounds like a very different issue
 
I’ve submitted 2 stories the past week - they get submitted ok and then don’t even show in my pending
I’m starting to think about giving up posting stories here
I think they’re overwhelmed especially if it’s a popular category. Maybe unsubmit them and try one at a time as that worked for another author.
 
Well when I submit and it sits there for weeks and resubmit and it continues into months without a review - that equals being ignored.
Well, or a bug in the system making your stories invisible to the staff. I am, I admit, confused by their also ignoring your bug reports.

--Annie
 
Some other writers on Literotica suspect - they are being willfully ignored because my stories are interracial
but not the typical degrading interracial stories. I show black and white seductions that become healthy relationships.
 
You might have better luck posting for help in the Author's Hang-out.

Long delays in getting approved are common and there's lots of threads about it but not showing up in pending sounds like a very different issue
Any particular place in Author's Hangout? Thanks.
 
Some other writers on Literotica suspect - they are being willfully ignored because my stories are interracial
but not the typical degrading interracial stories. I show black and white seductions that become healthy relationships.
I doubt anything ever gets "willfully ignored." That implies malice.

It's more evident that there's been a technical glitch for a month or two, which means stories are remaining hidden for some reason.

The most consistent advice at the moment is to resubmit your stories, which hopefully gets the submission back into the queue. Trying to find other "reasons" is speculative and not helpful. It might feel personal, but why would it be?
 
I have published on this webpage before. For months now my submissions are being ignored.
Sending a messages does nothing.
@princeShaka, et al
Good evening my dear colleague. I am sorry you feel that you are being ignored. I submit stories and they are usually published within three or four days. I would suggest that there is something diverting your submissions for some reason.

When I submit a story I do NOT use the on-site system to enter stories. I always write them on MS Word documents and when it comes to submitting them I use the "Upload" document button on the submissions page.

I always select a "Genre" to place it in, I believe this is an important step in the process.

I always use tags and use ALL possible tags that describe the story, never just one or two.

My submissions get picked up pretty well right away. The only other thing that I can imagine is happening is that if you re-submit a story you MUST make sure that the original submission is removed or the re-submission function will not work.

I don't know if any of the above will help but I will be most happy if it does.
Deepest respects,
D.
 
Ignored meaning they sit in Pending forever without being either approved or sent back?

--Annie
I really think the issue is that write interracial that is not degrading. I think there racism on this webpage where black male and white female sex is supposed to be degrading to the woman.
 
My suggestion would be to change the title. It might be that your title has a special character or a similar name as something already on the site. If they had any problem with the content, they'd send it back. If it's not getting looked at, it's because of a glitch in the process.

So 1. Make sure it's uploaded as a .doc or .odt file. 2. Make sure it has a unique name that doesn't contain any special characters.
 
@princeShaka, lots of people have said this: Literotica always gives a reason for a rejection. My last rejected story was for an incorrect reason, that I didn't know how to format dialogue. I resubmitted it with a note explaining that I was using words with quotation marks embedded in them ('ahima'a is Tahitian for a type of cooking) and it was approved almost immediately.

My point is: your various rejected stories (if I understand you) will all have a reason attached. The reason might be a mistake, like mine was, but they'll give a reason. If you share the reason here, someone might be able to help.

--Annie
 
@princeShaka, lots of people have said this: Literotica always gives a reason for a rejection. My last rejected story was for an incorrect reason, that I didn't know how to format dialogue. I resubmitted it with a note explaining that I was using words with quotation marks embedded in them ('ahima'a is Tahitian for a type of cooking) and it was approved almost immediately.

My point is: your various rejected stories (if I understand you) will all have a reason attached. The reason might be a mistake, like mine was, but they'll give a reason. If you share the reason here, someone might be able to help.

--Annie
They never give me a reason, and I respond back asking for a reason so I can correct and they always ignore.
 
@princeShaka, lots of people have said this: Literotica always gives a reason for a rejection. My last rejected story was for an incorrect reason, that I didn't know how to format dialogue. I resubmitted it with a note explaining that I was using words with quotation marks embedded in them ('ahima'a is Tahitian for a type of cooking) and it was approved almost immediately.

My point is: your various rejected stories (if I understand you) will all have a reason attached. The reason might be a mistake, like mine was, but they'll give a reason. If you share the reason here, someone might be able to help.

--Annie
https://medium.com/erotic-desires/e...ck-seduces-a-married-elite-blond-a4d0846e67e0 My stories all already posted with Erotica Desirers on Medium. I am to 12.
 
And I had the first part published in the Summer and it got reviews from the readers and they took it down without explanation.
 
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