Shout it out loud: fast approval times

[Lifestyle66]

I submitted my next 14k-word story this morning and it was approved in just five hours!!!
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That Look of Yours
Can she handle the truth?
02/01/2026 in Loving Wives Stories

PUBLISHED
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[DEFCOM5]

My no sex romance was approved under 12 hours and published 2 days later

 

[old_prof]

My pink orchid novel was approved in what I think is record time for me. I submitted it, made breakfast and forty minutes later, still sitting at the table, I jokingly checked on it and it was already approved!

 

[SmilingLez]

My no sex romance was approved under 12 hours and published 2 days later

Interesting that it wasn't posted the next day instead of 2 days.

 

[crookedletter]

My latest was approved in about 24 hours. Which I would have been fine with if it wasn't for all you braggarts*.

* just kidding. I am fine with it. Carry on everyone.

 

[TheWritingGroup]

Interesting that it wasn't posted the next day instead of 2 days.

It is said here in AH that Laurel tries to space out the various categories. If there were a lot of Romance stories on that particular day, she would delay it for the next. So it is said.

 

[SmilingLez]

It is said here in AH that Laurel tries to space out the various categories. If there were a lot of Romance stories on that particular day, she would delay it for the next. So it is said.

Since there is an automatic process for posting, and the pending/new tag doesn't seem to change I wonder how they separate certain posts I would think that the script would pick up everything.

 

[TheWritingGroup]

Since there is an automatic process for posting, and the pending/new tag doesn't seem to change I wonder how they separate certain posts I would think that the script would pick up everything.

Not sure what you mean. You choose a category when you submit the story (although Laurel sometimes changes it, I hear).

 

[ElectricBlue]

It is said here in AH that Laurel tries to space out the various categories. If there were a lot of Romance stories on that particular day, she would delay it for the next. So it is said.

It's true. I've often had stories approved, then timed for release two or three days later. She tries to steady state each category's flow of new stories/chapters.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Since there is an automatic process for posting, and the pending/new tag doesn't seem to change I wonder how they separate certain posts I would think that the script would pick up everything.

It's not a fully automatic sequence. Laurel can set release clocks whenever she wants; or, if you submit all chapters at the same time, you can ask her for a staggered release. Usually 24 hours apart, but I've seen 48 hour gaps between chapters.

 

[xannatharr]

Credit where due - approval times for submitted stories have been quite good for the last month or so.

Xann

 

[ElectricBlue]

Not sure what you mean. You choose a category when you submit the story (although Laurel sometimes changes it, I hear).

Correct. She'll occasionally change category without referring back to the author, placing it where she thinks it will run best. Also, if you're unsure yourself, you can ask her to decide. I've done that a couple of times.

You can also ask her not to put a story in a so-called trump category, if you give her reasons. I've got a couple of stories with incest sub-themes that I didn't want in T&I, and they're not. Laurel added an editor's warning at the top, saying this story has incest themes.

 

[TheWritingGroup]

You can also ask her not to put a story in a so-called trump category, if you give her reasons. I've got a couple of stories with incest sub-themes that I didn't want in T&I, and they're not. Laurel added an editor's warning at the top, saying this story has incest themes.

For my most recent story, I had the tag "stepsister" in the chapter where my main character fucks, well, their stepsister. Not "incest", though. It was approved very fast.

--Annie

 

[dirk2024]

Correct. She'll occasionally change category without referring back to the author, placing it where she thinks it will run best. Also, if you're unsure yourself, you can ask her to decide. I've done that a couple of times.

You can also ask her not to put a story in a so-called trump category, if you give her reasons. I've got a couple of stories with incest sub-themes that I didn't want in T&I, and they're not. Laurel added an editor's warning at the top, saying this story has incest themes.

Yep. I just posted a story with a transgender MFC, which would normally go into the transgender category, but I wanted it in Romance. So I added a note in the Admin field about what I was doing and why. And she let it go through to Romance.

And it only took 24 hours to post!

 

[M_K_Babalon]

I don't know how long it took my last submission. I send them in and check whenever. It'll get there eventually.

 

[THBGato]

My thanks to site admin: a story I submitted yesterday is scheduled to go up tomorrow. Yay!

 

[ICantLeafYou]

I submitted my 750 word challenge piece several hours ago and it's already published and waiting to go up. Very quick.

 

[Writer61]

It's not a fully automatic sequence. Laurel can set release clocks whenever she wants; or, if you submit all chapters at the same time, you can ask her for a staggered release. Usually 24 hours apart, but I've seen 48 hour gaps between chapters.

I had three stories in the same series approved on the same day, which were given sequential release dates.

I think that is SOP, I certainly did not ask for it.

 

[ElectricBlue]

I had three stories in the same series approved on the same day, which were given sequential release dates.

I think that is SOP, I certainly did not ask for it.

That's typical. I don't think any chaptered story would be released at the same time - you want them spread out a bit to maximise exposure on the category front page.

 

[Writer61]

That's typical. I don't think any chaptered story would be released at the same time - you want them spread out a bit to maximise exposure on the category front page.

The one time I attempted that, they were published out of sequence.

Now we are back to reasonable approval times, I submit the next straight after the previous one is approved.

 

[BeechLeaf]

I submitted a story two days ago, it was rejected yesterday, I resubmitted it unchanged with a message to Laurel explaining that it was correctly formatted, and it's to appear tomorrow: so a whole rejection/resubmission subcycle only added one day to the normal two-day process. I was impressed.

 

[TheWritingGroup]

That's typical. I don't think any chaptered story would be released at the same time - you want them spread out a bit to maximise exposure on the category front page.

Take a look at the New feed. Lots of series are having multiple chapters released on the same day.

--Annie

 

[ElectricBlue]

Take a look at the New feed. Lots of series are having multiple chapters released on the same day.
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--Annie

That's something new, I reckon. That's inconsistent with @Writer61 not asking for a staggered release but getting one. To be on the safe side in future, if you want a staggered release, probably best to ask for one!

 

[SmilingLez]

So shocked! My 750 word story entered in the trifecta got approved in less than 3 hours and will go live tomorrow

 

[Soixenta]

My new story took a little over 12 hours to approve. It will be published tomorrow: