New Pinned Thread "Story Pending For More Than 72 Hours."

[SmilingLez]

My non-erotic story still in pending purgatory since 10/18. It was originally in pending purgatory on 9/08. I waited 5 weeks before deleting and submitting as new with note to the reviewer on 10/18

 

[SmilingLez]

I just went in and checked and the option to delete a story from Pending or Draft has been removed

Just checked. Thanks for catching that. The only option would be to submit the story again with a new title. The removal of the deletion button heavily indicates a problem with the cms

 

[ChloeTzang]

Just checked. Thanks for catching that. The only option would be to submit the story again with a new title. The removal of the deletion button heavily indicates a problem with the cms

It came back again - that wsa while ago that happened

 

[SmilingLez]

It came back again - that wsa while ago that happened

Mine did too. I ended up deleting my non erotic story that has been impending purgatory on and off for 6 weeks.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Are you sure? I still see it in Draft.

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Yes, it's still there - when I posted that it must have been an intermittent glitch - it had disappeared, but then i came back. It's there now

 

[MissTerriRuss]

I've published 25 stories with no problem over the past couple of years. But I now have a new story stuck in Pending for eight weeks! Yeah 8 weeks! I've sent in a couple of inquiries directly to Literotica and no response and no movement on my story.
I've seen many stories published by authors I follow in the past two months so I don't know why they won't look at mine. I don't know what to do.
In the meantime I'm looking around for an alternative naughty story site and there are quite a few!
I kinda hate to leave Literotica so if anyone has a suggestion to nudge my story along I'd lover to hear it.

Is like to know where else as well. maybe I won't give up completely?

 

[MissTerriRuss]

Delete and repost.

It will come through. Something happened a couple of months ago.

I have 3 times.

 

[minoda]

What sites are people moving to? It's obvious the issues on this site won't be addressed.

 

[Cathartico]

I just uploaded a story for the third time. The first time, I waited four weeks. The second time, I uploaded it together with another story and waited three weeks. Both times, all the stories remained stuck in pending purgatory. Now, I've uploaded them as Word-Documents. Let's see if that makes any difference. Of course, I sent feedback each time, but as always, no response there.

 

[MissTerriRuss]

What sites are people moving to? It's obvious the issues on this site won't be addressed.

I like the security here on Lit, but I guess you can turn off DMs and chat on Substack? The problem is cutting through the noise. Anyone try AO3? Medium is just right out.

I'd hate to leave, but this is beyond annoying at this point. You pour so much of yourself into these stories only to have this wall preventing readership...

 

[The_Unicorn]

I have 4 pending. One since 10/22, two since 11/12, and one since 11/21.

Deleting that first one and resubmitting on 10/22 it didn't do any good.

What's probably happening is that the AI filter is flagging all of my stories... and they are stuck until someone reviews them and publishes them.

I've read where some authors are adding in errors to their stories to make it obvious that it's a human. So, maybe I should be flattered?

I'm really really frustrated is what I am.

I tried to put out an "author's update" as a non-fiction story to reach my readers and let them know what's going on, but that was rejected as not allowed. Any ideas on how to actively reach my readers?

 

[YmaOHyd]

I tried to put out an "author's update" as a non-fiction story to reach my readers and let them know what's going on, but that was rejected as not allowed. Any ideas on how to actively reach my readers?

An update in your bio will trigger a notification to your followers, so I'd start there.

 

[Jorunn]

What's probably happening is that the AI filter is flagging all of my stories... and they are stuck until someone reviews them and publishes them.

Very possible. The AI filter began well before the late summer issues. Likely in response to a huge increase in submissions. That surge may be ongoing, and the AI filter settings are being tweaked. It is getting harder to believe this is just a queuing bug.