There’s a great thread by an iPhone developer on Reddit.

Yay! It took several months but as of today I was able to search for my app and I saw it listed inside the app store. Now you may be saying “so what”, but if you have ever looked into the steps that this takes, you know it’s something to celebrate.My app is a very simple game, but I think I’ve learned enough during this process to distill some important lessons that may help you if this is something you’ve been wanting to do…

I wrote a similar post when I finally finished my iPhone App.