Unable to get EDITED story published

[Kamikaze1]

Hey Everyone,

I read "I've edited my story and want to replace the published version with a new edit. How do I do that?"

Link: https://www.literotica.com/faq/publishing/editing-published-work

I resubmitted it on Feb 12 and it was in pending status and then around a month later it was deleted. So, I check and the story was the original and not the updated/corrected story. I had to resubmit it on March 8 and it again is still in pending status as of today. I did a ticket/bug request and included my email address and no response.

Has anyone else experience this problem?

Thanks,
Kam

 

[BeechLeaf]

Edits are low priority, and routinely take a month to go through. Unfortunately, finally 'going through' means it disappears from your pending list but does not immediately become the live file. It takes another delay - I think a day or two is usual - for the new, accepted version to replace the old one. So for a while it looks as if your edit has just disappeared.

 

[Kamikaze1]

Ok, thanks. When it disappears, I will check it daily to see if the new version replaces the old. I don't remember how many days after it disappeared that I resubmitted the edited version since the original was still active. So I will wait longer to see what happens. Thanks again.

 

[LissyW]

I am experiencing the delay tight now with my story Maddy on the Move Pt. 02. It's pretty unsatisfactory really.

With hindsight, it might have been quicker to delete it and resubmit as a new story, though I believe even getting a story deleted is fraught with difficulty.

 

[LissyW]

My EDITED story, I should have said.

 

[jsmiam]

To relay some known Literotica history, not to defend it or provide commentary on it: Processing edited stories is their lowest priority. If you’re lucky, it’ll get done eventually. If unlucky, it gets lost in the shuffle.

After about a two week lapse, send a private message to username Laurel. Cross fingers. If you lurk a bit or search for “delay” and similar things, you’ll find hundreds of similar questions posted.

Good luck!

 

[Hypocrites]

Same issue though I'm only 3 weeks in. The story published was incomplete. Following the same directions. What is the thought on submitting the story that published for deletion and resubmitting as the complete text?

 

[LissyW]

Hipocrites: Same situation. The full story is c.10k words and the last 3k were missing. It's vexing, but I guess I'll just continue with the series and hope it gets straightened out in the end.

 

[Hypocrites]

Thank you Lissy. At least I'm not alone.

It's a shame, I like this story. Very fond memories.

 

[Kamikaze1]

To relay some known Literotica history, not to defend it or provide commentary on it: Processing edited stories is their lowest priority. If you’re lucky, it’ll get done eventually. If unlucky, it gets lost in the shuffle.

After about a two week lapse, send a private message to username Laurel. Cross fingers. If you lurk a bit or search for “delay” and similar things, you’ll find hundreds of similar questions posted.

Good luck!

Hi Jsmiam,

I resubmitted it on 3/9 so it has been a month. I sent an email to Laurel. I now await with fingers and toes crossed. Thanks for the advice, I really appreciate it.

Kam

 

[kopinov]

I also have an edited story in my 'Pending' box for over a month. I might try messaging Laurel if it's still unpublished in another fortnight, but it'd be nice to know if it hasn't been lost in the shuffle.

 

[Kamikaze1]

I also have an edited story in my 'Pending' box for over a month. I might try messaging Laurel if it's still unpublished in another fortnight, but it'd be nice to know if it hasn't been lost in the shuffle.

Hey Kopinov,

Hopefully your story can keep my story company in the Pending box. So far mine has been in pending since 3/8 and this was the second time, I submitted it.

Good luck,
Kam

 

[SmilingLez]

I also was in that boat. The first time I submitted was early-march. After 2 weeks nothing so I edited and resubmitted waited 2 weeks. Then nothing. Finally deleted the stories (after saving them locally). I will try resubmitting in a month or so. It seems once a story is inactive in the pending folder, editing and resubmitting does nothing. Hopefully removing it from the CMS database and trying again in a couple of weeks will work.

 

[kopinov]

Hey Kopinov,

Hopefully your story can keep my story company in the Pending box. So far mine has been in pending since 3/8 and this was the second time, I submitted it.

Good luck,
Kam

Thanks Kam. Mine's been sitting in the pending box for a month and a half now. Hope you've had better luck with yours by now.

 

[Hypocrites]

I also was in that boat. The first time I submitted was early-march. After 2 weeks nothing so I edited and resubmitted waited 2 weeks. Then nothing. Finally deleted the stories (after saving them locally). I will try resubmitting in a month or so. It seems once a story is inactive in the pending folder, editing and resubmitting does nothing. Hopefully removing it from the CMS database and trying again in a couple of weeks will work.

Isn't the removal process about as hard as getting it published in the first place? Because if it isn't I'm ready to do that.

 

[Kamikaze1]

I also was in that boat. The first time I submitted was early-march. After 2 weeks nothing so I edited and resubmitted waited 2 weeks. Then nothing. Finally deleted the stories (after saving them locally). I will try resubmitting in a month or so. It seems once a story is inactive in the pending folder, editing and resubmitting does nothing. Hopefully removing it from the CMS database and trying again in a couple of weeks will work.

Hey SmilingLez,

Let me know if that works. How long did it take to get the story deleted?

FYI for everyone, as for my story it is still pending since March 8. So far it has not disappeared, never got a response Laurel. Did see the notification of new changes to the website. Also, never got any response to my feedback that I put in on 3/30. As for the trouble tickets I entered, no clue on what happened to those.

Still waiting; however, my fingers and toes are no longer crossed due to the feeling has left them and the building.

I will update if something happens and if anyone else hears something, please share it here.

Thanks,
Kam

 

[SmilingLez]

Hey SmilingLez,

Let me know if that works. How long did it take to get the story deleted?

FYI for everyone, as for my story it is still pending since March 8. So far it has not disappeared, never got a response Laurel. Did see the notification of new changes to the website. Also, never got any response to my feedback that I put in on 3/30. As for the trouble tickets I entered, no clue on what happened to those.

Still waiting; however, my fingers and toes are no longer crossed due to the feeling has left them and the building.

I will update if something happens and if anyone else hears something, please share it here.

Thanks,
Kam

Go into your Pending folder and on the right side you'll see a little gear icon. Click it. A menu will appear. Choose the last option, little orange button with the word delete, click it and your story is gone forever. FWIW, you can delete your Sent Back works the same way. Deleting a posted story is what takes time

 

[MK_Whimsy]

Similar situation. I submitted a story edit on 3/4 and it sat in pending for several weeks. Last couple of days I noticed it finally disappeared from the pending folder, but I don't see that the edits are live. Not sure if it's taking them time to show up, or if the replacement just vanished.

 

[Kamikaze1]

Go into your Pending folder and on the right side you'll see a little gear icon. Click it. A menu will appear. Choose the last option, little orange button with the word delete, click it and your story is gone forever. FWIW, you can delete your Sent Back works the same way. Deleting a posted story is what takes time

Hey SmilingLez,

Thanks for the clarification. I thought you were deleting the actual story. Maybe we should do an experiment and see which takes more time deleting a story or getting the edited version published. LOL.

Thanks,
Kam

 

[Kamikaze1]

Similar situation. I submitted a story edit on 3/4 and it sat in pending for several weeks. Last couple of days I noticed it finally disappeared from the pending folder, but I don't see that the edits are live. Not sure if it's taking them time to show up, or if the replacement just vanished.

Hey MK_Whimsy,

I did read somewhere if it disappears wait about a week or so and hopefully the new version will show up. Do you know when it disappeared? This way you can track to see about how long it takes the new version to be published.

Thanks and good luck,
Kam

 

[MK_Whimsy]

Hey MK_Whimsy,

I did read somewhere if it disappears wait about a week or so and hopefully the new version will show up. Do you know when it disappeared?

Thanks and good luck,
Kam

It was about a day or two ago.

 

[SmilingLez]

Isn't the removal process about as hard as getting it published in the first place? Because if it isn't I'm ready to do that.

The deletion of a posted story is probably harder than getting it posted in the first place. It has to be approved and probably low on the food chain for human eyes to look at it. Probably lower than the edit of a posted story.

Deletion of a pending or a sent back story is quite easy and immediate.

 

[Kamikaze1]

It was about a day or two ago.

Hopefully in a week or so the new version will be published, keep us posted.

 

[MK_Whimsy]

Hopefully in a week or so the new version will be published, keep us posted.

This must be a new thing. I recall edits going live fairly quickly after being accepted.

 

[kopinov]

Similar situation. I submitted a story edit on 3/4 and it sat in pending for several weeks. Last couple of days I noticed it finally disappeared from the pending folder, but I don't see that the edits are live. Not sure if it's taking them time to show up, or if the replacement just vanished.

My edited story has disappeared from my pending folder too, so I hope that means the updated version will go live shortly. Fingers crossed.