Still waiting

[Canchon]

Still waiting to get published. I already submitted the second chapter of the story I'm writing, but so far, nothing on the first one. I know I sound impatient, but this is the first time I've ever even tried to do this, and I'm just nervous on how it would be received.

 

[gordo12]

About 5 days so you're getting close. I've seen stories showing in pending and a few minutes later they're approved and already posted.

Have you checked your control panel to see if it's been rejected?

 

[Canchon]

About 5 days so you're getting close. I've seen stories showing in pending and a few minutes later they're approved and already posted.

Have you checked your control panel to see if it's been rejected?

Yeah, I checked it, and it still shows as pending. Is there a specific day that they do the publishing? I do know that the Audio stories are published on Thursdays. What about the written ones?

 

[gordo12]

If it's going tonight it should be in the next two hours.

Written are published every day. Illustrated usually once a week. I'm not familiar with the audios.

The stories usually go around 11-12 pm West Coast (Pacific) time zone. You can adjust for yours.

 

[Canchon]

Would it make a difference if I uploaded a .doc file instead of writing it in the space made available on the form?

 

[gordo12]

Opinions differ as to the best way to submit. But I don't think it makes any diff to the actual posting. More experienced authors may have different information.

From my point of view as far as submission goes. I find it easier to just upload the word doc. I never use the typing panel. I like to see the story on a full page desktop as I'm writing.

 

[gordo12]

There's a discussion here about some of the issues in submissions

http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=1497891

 

[ElectricBlue]

Would it make a difference if I uploaded a .doc file instead of writing it in the space made available on the form?

Patience, grasshopper. Your story is in the queue; you''re a new writer, so when Laurel gets to it, she'll skim it a little slower than us established folk, to ensure it complies with site policy. If you futz with it now, you'll just start all over again.

It makes no difference whether you upload a file or just copy/paste into the submit box. The vetting processing will be the same - whatever automated scans Laurel might use, plus her human eyes.

 

[Canchon]

Yeah, I think I messed up on the first one, and accidentally hit edit. Patience is a virtue I do have, since I'm also a home brewer, but this is definitely pushing my endurance, since I do have an online friend (whom I based my female character off of) that is eager to read it.

 

[Emirus]

I have no idea what’s going on

I’ve submitted ten stories in twelve months and after submitting my first story a very experienced writer advised me to submit in .rtf because it would go through quicker. After twelve months every story I submit takes 6/7 days.

A friend of mine, who began submitting a few months before me, has all their stories go through in two days. Why? They write all their stories in bdsm. My ten stories are in five widely different categories. Is that the reason? If so why?

 

[ElectricBlue]

A friend of mine, who began submitting a few months before me, has all their stories go through in two days. Why? They write all their stories in bdsm. My ten stories are in five widely different categories. Is that the reason? If so why?

I believe it's to do with the volume of stories in the various categories - the less popular categories get stories published faster because the site needs fresh material on those slow-moving category front pages.

 

[Emirus]

I believe it's to do with the volume of stories in the various categories - the less popular categories get stories published faster because the site needs fresh material on those slow-moving category front pages.

Admittedly I’ve only submitted two stories in bdsm (so far) and my friend, who writes exclusively in bdsm, has around twenty and submits stories at shorter intervals than myself. Perhaps, because of not being prolific and the vast number of stories submitted every day, Laurel doesn’t remember my name but does my friend so they may get a quick pass because of it.