just to be up front here, with the holidays and the large increase of stories coming in (good to know people are being creative during the pandemic!) unless you're a gold/platinum member you shouldn't expect any stories submitted to go up any time sooner than a week. yes, i know it's a long time, but it doesn't stop you from writing while you're waiting.
a few notes:
it would help us out if you submit stories that are ready to go. it takes extra time to read through stories, detail the issues, and send it back and THEN having to do the same thing again. it basically doubles our time (or more, depending on how many times it's sent back). we don't mind fixing small errors, but we're not editors.
it doesn't take much time to write a thank you note when a story is published, it's always appreciated. we even have a forum thread for some of the nicer comments. it's very motivational...
What isn't motivational is...
threads like these are kind of demoralizing. we work hard to get your stories out, make sure they are something you can be proud of and people can enjoy reading. it's a labor of love. no one is getting paid to do it. often times it takes time away from other things and it's just as frustrating for us to have an endless que that, no matter how hard we work, never seems to diminish. frustrating and stressful. In light of that, to sign onto the site to what is, whether intended or not, a public trashing is kind of demoralizing, frankly, and it's not much of an incentive to attack the job with much enthusiasm. just something to think about.
TPWK.
