New stories!

[L.A. Wicker]

How long does it take to get a new story posted?
My God, I might be dead before they are on here.

 

[MichelleLovesTo]

How long does it take to get a new story posted?
My God, I might be dead before they are on here.

The good news is that your death will make your stories skyrocket in value.

 

[damppanties]

How long does it take to get a new story posted?
My God, I might be dead before they are on here.

Am I the only one who was reminded of MathGirl here?

To answer the question, from Lit's FAQs:

This depends on how many stories we're currently receiving. We try to balance it so that submissions are posted as quickly as possible without overloading the reader and possibly burying your story. A story submitted to Literotica through the procedure outlined above generally will be posted to Lit within 3-7 days.

If we have problems with your story which prevent its publication (i.e. technical issues, etc.), we will let you know via an email to the address on your profile. If a story is submitted strictly via email without following the procedure above, then your story may take weeks to be posted. We highly recommend you follow the steps above.

 

[impressive]

The Reviews & Essays piece I submitted about Coming Together v1 has been pending since 12/4

 

[damppanties]

The Reviews & Essays piece I submitted about Coming Together v1 has been pending since 12/4

Is that usual?

 

[impressive]

Is that usual?

Nope. And PM to Laurel over a week ago has gone unanswered.

The piece now has 15 views, though.

 

[damppanties]

Nope. And PM to Laurel over a week ago has gone unanswered.

The piece now has 15 views, though.

Ok, I'm horribly out of touch. Was a contest going on? That usually slows up things but a month is still too much. Views mean that they're looking at the story, so no idea why they aren't putting it up.

Let's all PM laurel. "Where's Imp's essay? What have you done with it?!"

 

[Bridget69]

Mine haven't taken more than a week at most.

 

[Liar]

Nope. And PM to Laurel over a week ago has gone unanswered.

The piece now has 15 views, though.

My story posted on Christmas Day went online earlier today. So it must be a special case.

Maybe it's one of those desicion-by-comittee kind of things? Since you are a founding part of the anthology series, they might ponder if people will see it as a covert ad and get grumpy?

Just a guess.

 

[impressive]

Let's all PM laurel. "Where's Imp's essay? What have you done with it?!"

LOL

I submitted it from the Coming Together account ... so it's not "mine" ... but I suppose (as Liar pointed out) it could be perceived as advertising. However, given that Laurel & Manu promoted the first volume on the main page themselves, I don't see the problem.

 

[cheerful_deviant]

My last submission was uploaded on about the 6th or 7th of Dec and it didn't post till the 17th so figure about 10 days.

 

[damppanties]

There's something else I found in the FAQs.

It seems like my story is taking longer than usual to be approved. Why is that?

We do our best to post your work as quickly as we can. If we receive a lot of submissions, it may take slightly longer than usual. If it's been more than a week and your story still has not been posted, you may want to check the following:

Is the story status listed as "Pending" or "Not Ever Approved"?
If the submit button hasn't been pressed completely, the story won't be submitted and the story's status will be listed as something other than "Pending" or "Not Ever Approved". If the words "Rejected" appear beside your work, there may be formatting or other errors that need fixing before approval. Click those words to see the reasons the work was sent back to you. You can make changes on that page and hit the "Submit" button. You don't need to fill in a new submission form.

Do you have special formatting, Illustrations, or Audio included in the work?
Works with special formatting, illustrations, or audio require extra handling and may take longer than usual.

Have you made changes to the work OR even just viewed it & hit SUBMIT while it is "Pending"?
Stories and poems are approved by date, oldest to newest. Whenever the author makes changes to a story or poem - oreven if the author clicks on the submission and hits SUBMIT again - that submission is moved to the end of the queue. To speed up the posting of your work, only make changes when necessary.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Have you made changes to the work OR even just viewed it & hit SUBMIT while it is "Pending"?
Stories and poems are approved by date, oldest to newest. Whenever the author makes changes to a story or poem - oreven if the author clicks on the submission and hits SUBMIT again - that submission is moved to the end of the queue. To speed up the posting of your work, only make changes when necessary.

This functionality is gone. And that's a damn shame, too- I ALWAYS found some major eff-up right after i'd sumbitted my story. I'd rather send it abck to the end of the que then send it out into the world with three paragraphs doubled somewhere in the middle- or three paragraphs missing...