Stories pending over 3 weeks

[SkyBubble]

I haven't submitted in a while due to The Glitch but I have a couple of pieces that will be ready to submit today or tomorrow. Are stories still disappearing into the void?

 

[Britva415]

Oh I totally get that is what could be happening, but when I have no idea where in my stories those lines are, I'm left with no direction on how to fix the work.

You shouldn't start off with a "how to fix it" mindset, if there's nothing wrong with it to begin with (meaning, you didn't write it with AI).

Instead, you can just re-submit it, in-changed, with a statement in the Notes field saying you got hit with a false positive, didn't use AI, and want a human review.

 

[metropolinational]

You shouldn't start off with a "how to fix it" mindset, if there's nothing wrong with it to begin with (meaning, you didn't write it with AI).

Instead, you can just re-submit it, in-changed, with a statement in the Notes field saying you got hit with a false positive, didn't use AI, and want a human review.

Has resubmission without changes ever worked for anyone? I did that and, after waiting for a long time, simply got another rejection with the same exact note about AI.

 

[BeechLeaf]

My observation of these threads is that 'resubmitted after rejection for AI' often results in repeated rejection for AI. But not for other reasons. I had one rejected for dialogue formatting, and resubmitted it unchanged with a note of explanation. It was immediately accepted and published. My explanation made sense to a human being and was accepted.

The specific problem with AI rejection is that no-one has any clear idea what it means - the authors don't, and Laurel doesn't. So for this specific rejection reason you can't simply send it back with 'your automated check was wrong because of X, Y, Z'. You can point out the reasons if it was rejected for underage ('she is 17 but she doesn't get near the sex scene') or other specific problems, but not for AI, where the criterion seems to be 'Well, it just seems to be a bit too neat so maybe AI was used'.

 

[metropolinational]

I recently got my AI-rejected chapter accepted after two failed tries. Happy to share what worked and didn't work, for me.

First try was to simply resubmit with a note. It sat for a couple of weeks and then got rejected with no further info.

Second try was a light edit for the items mentioned here as generic AI flags. Things like rules of three, numbering, etc. Again, that took a few weeks and same outcome.

Finally, I did what I was told NOT to do by most people here. I used AI to actually get around the problem. Here is what I did:

1. I used two AI detector packages (humanize and gptzero) to flag AI trigger sentences. I went to my chapter and highlighted those.
2. I then asked two AIs (ChatGPT and grok) to identify the paragraphs/sections of my chapter that they thought were most likely to be AI products. I highlighted those. I have very little confidence in either of the two above methods, but I figured, whatever was causing the flag, it was probably in there somewhere. At this point, nearly half my chapter was highlighted.
3. I deleted whole sections that had more blue than white.
4. I wrote those sections again from scratch.
5. Then I edited the whole chapter again, top to bottom.
6. Edited again, and again, until I felt it was BETTER than the original I had submitted.

So, I submitted that one, with a note saying I had rewritten half of it from scratch. It was accepted in 24 hours.

YMMV.

 

[IslaMcRae]

I’d first of all try PMing the story reviewer (and site co-owner) @Laurel - click on that link and then click ‘start conversation.’ Ask what is going on.

It’s helpful to include the reference ID of the story. Open the story in your author’s control panel (don’t change anything!!!!!), and copy the URL from your browser. The digits at the end of this are the story ID, it helps her locate your work.

If you don’t hear anything back in say 5 days, consider resubmitting the work. This puts you at the end of the line again, but if you are stuck for some random reason it can help.

Most likely you are going to get an AI rejection in coming days if you do nothing. But it could also be a glitch, which the above may help with.

Good luck

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UPDATE: If my instructions about PMing Laurel were unclear, look at this thread:

Post in thread 'Message the site admin directly?'
https://forum.literotica.com/threads/message-the-site-admin-directly.1650398/post-102411697

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UPDATE 2: On the story ID, this is the URL of one of my scratchpad stories (ones I use to listen back to sections of stories). You won’t be able to access it (I fervently hope) but the bit you need to share is the 7 digit number at the end in red:

https://www.literotica.com/my/#/works/edit/3940527

Thank you. I have sent the message as instructed. Fingers crossed we get them over the line. Thanks again guys!

 

[Britva415]

My observation of these threads is that 'resubmitted after rejection for AI' often results in repeated rejection for AI

It's true, that does happen.

It's also true that it often happens in response to repeated resubmission of AI stuff.

That too is an observation. Not a projection. We have seen people admit it. Not necessarily in a "oh, I guess I got caught and didn't get away with it" kind of a way, more in a "oh, that tool or service or software is considered AI?" kind of a way.

 

[OddLove]

I haven't submitted in a while due to The Glitch but I have a couple of pieces that will be ready to submit today or tomorrow. Are stories still disappearing into the void?

From my current personal experience things are fine. I've been publishing a four episode series this week. First two episodes have taken about 1 day to get approved and 1 day to be published. I'm submitting them one at a time, in order, and I don't submit the next one until the one before it is approved and published. That way if something does get sent back, I can fix whatever problem there is and resubmit it so the episodes are still in the correct order.

I might just be getting lucky, idk. Maybe some big shadowing figure behind the scenes likes me and I'm getting some sort of special treatment, perhaps. But I think it's more likely that I'm just submitting stories that have no AI, are imperfect but solid enough grammar to pass their standards, I'm picking the right categories, I'm fallowing all the content guidelines obviously and cleanly, etc.

So to be honest, from my point of view/personal experience, nothing here is broken. It's a awkward place to be, because even though I wouldn't go out an say "Everyone claiming to be stuck in limbo or receiving false AI flags are lying" just coming out and plainly saying "I've had no problems at all, not once," comes off as "You're *calling me a liar!!" when I'm just staying my experience.

Ranting.

But overall point. You should just try it and report back in a few days about your experience with it. How long did it take? Did you get false flagged for AI? Did you get stuck in limbo? etc.

 

[SkyBubble]

The last story I submitted (before yesterday) sat in Pending limbo for 7 weeks. I withdrew it, resubmitted it, and it sat for a month. So I withdrew it and figured I'd send it later.

 

[SkyBubble]

From my current personal experience things are fine. I've been publishing a four episode series this week. First two episodes have taken about 1 day to get approved and 1 day to be published. I'm submitting them one at a time, in order, and I don't submit the next one until the one before it is approved and published. That way if something does get sent back, I can fix whatever problem there is and resubmit it so the episodes are still in the correct order.

I might just be getting lucky, idk. Maybe some big shadowing figure behind the scenes likes me and I'm getting some sort of special treatment, perhaps. But I think it's more likely that I'm just submitting stories that have no AI, are imperfect but solid enough grammar to pass their standards, I'm picking the right categories, I'm fallowing all the content guidelines obviously and cleanly, etc.

So to be honest, from my point of view/personal experience, nothing here is broken. It's a awkward place to be, because even though I wouldn't go out an say "Everyone claiming to be stuck in limbo or receiving false AI flags are lying" just coming out and plainly saying "I've had no problems at all, not once," comes off as "You're *calling me a liar!!" when I'm just staying my experience.

Ranting.

But overall point. You should just try it and report back in a few days about your experience with it. How long did it take? Did you get false flagged for AI? Did you get stuck in limbo? etc.

I submitted a story on the 27th. it got published today (doing well.) I have another pending that JUUUUST barely made it into the February window for the recent Pink Orchid event. (Submitted February 28 at 11:58 PM.) Let's see what happens with that one.