An anti-complaint about the time taken to post a story

[Zenith77]

My next story idea

I'm already turned on.

 

[nice90sguy]

My stories turn around super-fast (I think one actually got published the next day). The exception is my illustrated story, and what an exception: MONTHS before it finally got posted. But that was clearly a technical issue.

 

[JessGabriel]

I've had as little as 24 hours and as much as two weeks. It seems to be kind of all over the map. At first, I was afraid something went wrong, but quickly leaned that I just needed to be patient.

 

[SirBurnInside]

Longest I've ever waited on any of my eleven stories was 3 whole days, but my last two went through in 36 hours each.

Maybe just completely coincidental, but I have found that if I submit stories at around 8pm UK time (2pm or 3pm US?) the story gets approved faster, usually.

 

[stickygirl]

My next story idea

I'm already turned on.

Oh, get a room for heaven's sake

 

[Red_Owl]

That's unusually long. Check that you've actually submitted it (Pending, not Draft). If it's illustrated, that could explain such a delay.

If it's routine, 17 days is unusual. I'd PM Laurel, asking if it's fallen between the cracks.

It just got published a few hours ago.

 

[Codoc24]

I've published 2 stories, and the first one I had to make corrections and resubmit. The first two took about 3-4 days and the resubmit took about 5-6 days. It's been a few months, so I'm not positive on the time frame. But I'm not going to complain; this is a free site, after all. Kinda like with my editor; she is doing it for free. So I'm not going to complain if real life interferes and she can't get to my story as fast as I would like. I'll take it when she gets it to me and thank her very much for her efforts. I just work on my next story while she is editing. I have no deadlines, this is all just for fun, for me anyway. I'm not taking it too seriously. I want to put out a good story but I'm not stressing over it.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Oh, get a room for heaven's sake

Get a dungeon?

Em

 

[stickygirl]

Get a dungeon?

Em

You weirdos and your kinks

 

[Bazzle]

If you copy and paste into the box 2-3 days.
Upload docx 2-3 weeks

 

[Zenith77]

If you copy and paste into the box 2-3 days.
Upload docx 2-3 weeks

Is this others' experience too? I had a convo with Laurel when she said that made no difference. I always submit via docx.

 

[SimonDoom]

You weirdos and your kinks

Isn't this all of us? I mean, pot, meet kettle.

 

[stickygirl]

Isn't this all of us? I mean, pot, meet kettle.

How very dare you!

 

[Seadog777]

AH often has threads bemoaning how long it takes to get stories published after submission. I just had a 22k word story (not long by some standards, but long enough) turned round in around 36 hours. I think that’s pretty darned good and it’s not a one-off, most of my stuff gets published within 48 hours.

Now maybe I’m not pushing against age or violence barriers. Maybe I get credit for having been a good girl in these areas of late. Maybe I’ve got a track record of mostly harmless sex romps.

It does seem to me that most threads complaining about publishing delays feature stories that are doing at least one of the following;

1. Flying close to the wind with some prohibited subject matter
2. A first or second submission, which tends to draw additional scrutiny
3. Containing a, probably innocent, trigger word or phrase (his skin was as smooth as a baby’s bottom)
4. Nit spulled vry will
5. Just overlooked for some reason (like the tsunami of submissions poor @Laurel has to deal with each day)

Do others have as smooth an experience as I do, or am I just teacher’s pet who writes anodyne inoffensive stuff?

Em

Laurel does her best to get stories published as fast as she can.

It DOES take longer when there is a "contest" going on, though those of us who've been here long enough understand.
Which is why I proposed not just cutting the number of them, but having them put in a completely separate area, instead of polluting the "new" section.

I have a "smooth experience" as well, for the most part, when it comes to publishing.

Of course, my love (non-sexual, you weirdos) for Laurel helping me out so quickly when it comes to anything, is far from secret.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

My record for a story going live was about 2.5 hours. Laurel must have been working late and approved the story just before the midnight publishing time.

I try not to get antsy before 36 hours is up. I'm not very good at that.

 

[Phantom300]

Familiarity breeds dispatch. You've published prolifically over a short period of time, so my guess is they know you by now and say, "Oh, it's her again", and they give you a quick run through and approval.

When I started, I published less frequently than you do, and for a while, it would usually take 4-5 days to get approved. Now it's usually 2-3. I've had a few stories that push a bit against content boundaries. Sometimes it takes a bit longer.

This is my experience too, and I'm not a very frequent contributor. My first couple stories took a close to a week, the last few just a couple days. My most recent one I sent in late on a Friday night and Monday Morning it was live.

Selfishly, I'd like to think that they see my name and recognize that the story will be safe to go forward with. I would imagine it is probably something done via computer program that flags author names and bumps them on the list accordingly based on prior rejections and the like.

I see all the complaint threads too. It seems like half are new writers and the other half are pushing the boundary, usually of the age restriction.

 

[TxRad]

Get a dungeon?

Em

Just so you know, there is one in the basement of the AH Cafe.

 

[MyBareTorso]

AH often has threads bemoaning how long it takes to get stories published after submission. I just had a 22k word story (not long by some standards, but long enough) turned round in around 36 hours. I think that’s pretty darned good and it’s not a one-off, most of my stuff gets published within 48 hours.

Now maybe I’m not pushing against age or violence barriers. Maybe I get credit for having been a good girl in these areas of late. Maybe I’ve got a track record of mostly harmless sex romps.

It does seem to me that most threads complaining about publishing delays feature stories that are doing at least one of the following;

1. Flying close to the wind with some prohibited subject matter
2. A first or second submission, which tends to draw additional scrutiny
3. Containing a, probably innocent, trigger word or phrase (his skin was as smooth as a baby’s bottom)
4. Nit spulled vry will
5. Just overlooked for some reason (like the tsunami of submissions poor @Laurel has to deal with each day)

Do others have as smooth an experience as I do, or am I just teacher’s pet who writes anodyne inoffensive stuff?

Em

I have certainly whined here about stories taking a long time to get published, but that's usually because I fear they have been caught in some kind of "glitch" in the submission system. Sometimes reposting the story from a new story form with a different title seems to have succeeded in getting it published. When you've spent a lot of time on a story, it can be frustrating to see it in "pending", perhaps indefinitely.