Story not getting published

[Wifeowner]

I have a new multi-part story that for some reason is not getting posted.


I submitted it multiple times with multiple titles but it just sits there in pending. For about a month.

I’ve submitted feedback to literotica but have not heard back.

Meanwhile, I’ve submitted an update to my Owning Professor Ballard series that got published within 36 hrs.

What gives?

I’ve posted for years and never had this happen.

Is there someone I can contact to help figure this out?

 

[Bramblethorn]

Send a private message to @Laurel.

 

[Wifeowner]

Thanks

 

[Kasumi_Lee]

I submitted it multiple times with multiple titles but it just sits there in pending. For about a month.

Meanwhile, I’ve submitted an update to my Owning Professor Ballard series that got published within 36 hrs.

I've got a short non-fiction essay that's been pending for more than two weeks. Then yesterday I submitted a short story that was approved in less than 24 hours and is due to be published this Thursday. I'd love to know why some submissions are jumping the queue.

 

[onehitwanda]

I've got a short non-fiction essay that's been pending for more than two weeks. Then yesterday I submitted a short story that was approved in less than 24 hours and is due to be published this Thursday. I'd love to know why some submissions are jumping the queue.

Complete thumbsuck, but I'm guessing there's some sort of watermark on AI / triggerwords that flags stories up for enhanced scrutiny.

 

[TheLobster]

I've got a short non-fiction essay that's been pending for more than two weeks. Then yesterday I submitted a short story that was approved in less than 24 hours and is due to be published this Thursday. I'd love to know why some submissions are jumping the queue.

Reviews & Essays has probably used up its submission quota until 2027 after @StillStunned made everyone submit their WIWAW retrospectives in it

 

[Kasumi_Lee]

Reviews & Essays has probably used up its submission quota until 2027 after @StillStunned made everyone submit their WIWAW retrospectives in it

I seriously hope you're joking about each category having an annual quota.

 

[Kasumi_Lee]

Complete thumbsuck, but I'm guessing there's some sort of watermark on AI / triggerwords that flags stories up for enhanced scrutiny.

I've never had any of my submissions flagged for AI before, and I've never used AI tools of any kind, including tools like Grammarly. Given the topic of the essay, it's plausible that extra scrutiny is needed, but I'm pretty certain it has nothing to do with AI.

 

[Rob_Royale]

Once you submit something, leave it alone. Each time you resubmit, you are shoving the story to the bottom of the queue all over again. Just sit back be patient, and let it sit. Last Nov/Dec I waited four weeks, but it eventually got posted. One person is doing all the postings and everyone deserves to do their job without being hounded.

 

[TheLobster]

I seriously hope you're joking about each category having an annual quota.

Maybe not annual but I read it on this forum that submissions may be held if there are too many in a particular category over a short period. This is allegedly to give each submission a roughly equal chance on the category toplist.

 

[Jorunn]

Maybe not annual but I read it on this forum that submissions may be held if there are too many in a particular category over a short period. This is allegedly to give each submission a roughly equal chance on the category toplist.

The non-member list only has space for about 20 or so stories in a category. If Laurel took 50 stories at once, it would bump some to the mysterious and obscure second page. Then you could complain about not getting enough reads instead!

 

[I_AM_ONE_OF_YOU]

Does review and essays category still open? Doesn't it take any submissions, as of now?

 

[StillStunned]

Does review and essays category still open? Doesn't it take any submissions, as of now?

I'm pretty sure it's still open, despite the jokes about it not being able to handle all the traffic over the past month.

 

[I_AM_ONE_OF_YOU]

I'm pretty sure it's still open, despite the jokes about it not being able to handle all the traffic over the past month.

I've recently submitted in that category,
First time. For more than a week, it didn't get published or even rejected.

I thought there is something wrong with my phone, and I refreshed my phone.

Then I re-submitted it with a few minor edits. It's more than a week now, it's not published or rejected.

I tried posting in other categories, its getting approved in a day or two.
But not in this category. What is to be done? Just wait?

 

[I_AM_ONE_OF_YOU]

I'm pretty sure it's still open, despite the jokes about it not being able to handle all the traffic over the past month.

Thanks for your response.