Venting on Pending & Suggestions

[Jay142]

I know this topic has been written about before, but I just need to vent. In a thread from Literotica, they told us stories are normally published within 48-72 hours unless there are other issues which may cause publishing to be delayed by 15 days. However, there is no instruction on what to do after 15 days. There is no explanation on what may cause a story to be sent for extra vetting other than illustrations.

Literotica Authors write for free. It takes a considerable amount of our personal time to write and edit stories. Most of mine are between 20 & 30 Google Doc pages and it takes some effort to create them. I've tried messaging Laurel and others with no response. I understand she must get deluged with messages.

It's not asking too much to do the following:

1. Let us know what triggers further review that may delay publishing so we can avoid those mistakes.
2. Tell us what we should do after our story hasn't been published after 15 days. We're left guessing on what to do and risk having it sent to the back of the line if we try to free it up.
3. Let us know if it has been sent for further vetting so we at least know where it is. Right now, we don't know if our stories got lost in cyberspace or are still in the que.

That isn't asking a lot from the only people who are making money off of our work.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Your frustration is shared my many

Some possibly helpful suggestions here:

Post in thread 'Stories pending over 3 weeks'
https://forum.literotica.com/threads/stories-pending-over-3-weeks.1650910/post-102464023

 

[Jay142]

Your frustration is shared my many

Some possibly helpful suggestions here:

Post in thread 'Stories pending over 3 weeks'
https://forum.literotica.com/threads/stories-pending-over-3-weeks.1650910/post-102464023

Thank you Emily. I've tried everything in the past with limited success. My message was meant for the moderators and to give them suggestions that would clarify things for the authors. It's the unknowing that is most frustrating.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Thank you Emily. I've tried everything in the past with limited success. My message was meant for the moderators and to give them suggestions that would clarify things for the authors. It's the unknowing that is most frustrating.

Sadly, they aren’t going to reply. Our forum moderator here - @AH_Mod - doesn’t work for Literotica, none of the forum moderators do. As far as anyone knows, Laurel and Manu alone run the show. They seem to read forum threads on occasion, but seldom post here.

Everyone agrees some transparency would be good.

 

[BobbyBrandt]

Your frustration is shared my many

Some possibly helpful suggestions here:

Post in thread 'Stories pending over 3 weeks'
https://forum.literotica.com/threads/stories-pending-over-3-weeks.1650910/post-102464023

Those are all good suggestions. If I could offer one more that you might want to consider:

We, or at least I, have seen a jump in the number of complaints about publishing delays pop up around the time that one contest or another is receiving submissions. While this should not be a factor in a story getting stuck in pending for more than 15 days, writers should be advised to check the contests schedule when submitting a story and understand the site's priorities during these periods. The promised 48-72 hours could get extended significantly for non-contest submissions, possibly more than 5 days.