First of all, I do realize that this site wouldn't be possible without the generosity of time from all of the people who contribute to it to make it what it is.

I've become a first time story-submitter. I submitted the first part of a story I am working on to the stories section. I realize it will take some time (since that is a volunteer job) for my story to actually appear on the web site. I also understand, from what has been previously stated on the forums, that story submissions are processed on a FIFO (first in first out) method.

What I would like to suggest is this: When stories are submitted to this site, it might be a nice feature to display not just a "thank you for submitting your story" message as I did receive, but also a mention as to the size of the queue (number of stories or story parts) which has accumulated before my submission. It might also be nice to provide updates of the queue status, though I'm not sure where would be the best place to put such a thing....perhaps in the User CP? I think that might provide authors with a better sense as to how long it might take to get their stories live on this site.

Thoughts or comments anybody?