Belegarth

Every once in a while, when I hit "submit" I get a post about saving to draft. No matter if I hit yes or no, I can't seem to get the message I just typed back.

What am I missing?

Are you positive you're hitting 'Submit' and not 'Save'? Save will save it as a draft, which you can access through your User Control Panel, while Submit actually posts the message.

If you have a clever browser, if you just hit back it'll take you back to your post without wiping out all of your text as well. YMMV.