Story "pending" for 8 days

[Ms_Tilda_Blixen]

I submitted a story for publication 8 days ago, and it still pending and also has no views. Does this mean it's not being edited? Is there some way I can check to see if it fell through the cracks somehow?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
--Tilda

 

[jehoram]

I submitted a story for publication 8 days ago, and it still pending and also has no views. Does this mean it's not being edited? Is there some way I can check to see if it fell through the cracks somehow?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
--Tilda

I'm not a tech person, but if this is your first submission, it usually takes longer then usual to go through the approval process.

 

[Ms_Tilda_Blixen]

Hi. It's my second one. The first one was published much quicker.
But it's good to hear eight days is not outside the realm of the usual wait. Thanks.

 

[Enchantment_of_Nyx]

I submitted a story for publication 8 days ago, and it still pending and also has no views. Does this mean it's not being edited? Is there some way I can check to see if it fell through the cracks somehow?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
--Tilda

There is no editing that takes place after you have submitted your story. Your story gets in lien with a bunch of others to be approved or rejected. Lit's FAQ on story submissions suggests that it takes 3-7 days. Recently, it has been running toward the later end of that. My last two submissions took 7 days. Here is what it says about possible reasons for delay on the FAQ:

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.​

Here's a link: https://literotica.com/faq/05235347.shtml#05319703

If time passes and you think there may be an issue, you can send a message to the site owner, who reviews the stories, here:
http://forum.literotica.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=7