Heya! I'm Vz, an ambassasor as well. When you're replying to a message, ya gotta first is hit the reply button, and something like this would appear @Viz20RobertFanNatic
And type in your reply.
By doing this, the person you're replying to would get notified 'bout the message you've posted.
As soon as the stories are uploaded, they're immediately readable. Perhaps there are numerous stories that have the similar title as yours. I suggest that you specify the genres in the given drop down lists near the search tabs and select the type 'newness' since your stories are new before you search for them. If it still persists, go to your story and take the mobile reading code, which is a six-seven digit number given above where you summary should be, and paste it in the search tab and press search. You'll get your story in the results.
Hope this helped. Feel free to contact either one of us incase you need further assistance in the matter.