Story stuck in pending for over a week – need help

valeria_bs

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Hi everyone :) I submitted a story over a week ago, but it’s still stuck in my pending folder. Normally, from what I’ve seen, approval takes about 2–4 days, but this time it’s been much longer. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there something I should do, or just keep waiting? Any advice would be really appreciated :D
 
I’ve submitted several over the past few days and they are ALL still pending. One story has been pending since September 12, another since the 21st, another one since the 23rd, and there are even simple title edit requests (just the title, mind you, not anything else) that have been ignored for two weeks. It has also happened to me that stories submitted afterwards have already been published.
 
I had a story in the anus of literotica (AKA the pending queue) for over 2 weeks and a poem for 2 weeks. I decided to delete both and submit as new. This worked for several people and I figured what have I got to lose.
 
This seems to be an ongoing issue.

Laurel is the only Site Admin and she has nt responded to anyone on this issue as far as we know - there's a lot of threads on the AUthors Hanghout on this.

I've had this myself with my story sitting in pending for 7 days, as have a lot of other people.

Best approach seems to be to complete delete your pending story - as in DELETE it - and resubmit as a new story. I did this and it went thru and was published within 3-4 days. It's worth a try as they seem to just sit n pending and go nowhere - and Laurel is not respondig to requests for help or info on the issue.
 
I’ve submitted several over the past few days and they are ALL still pending. One story has been pending since September 12, another since the 21st, another one since the 23rd, and there are even simple title edit requests (just the title, mind you, not anything else) that have been ignored for two weeks. It has also happened to me that stories submitted afterwards have already been published.

Try deleting completely and then resubmit as a New Story with a note to admin saying "This was in ending from (date) to (date). I deleted and am reubmitting as a New Story"

That seems to have worked for a few people
 
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