Many thanks crackfoo. This solved my problem with the wallet not syncing
FWIW here my coin.conf file (I also created a duplicate with the name stories.conf):
rpcuser=stories
rpcpassword=stories_secret_password
seednode=54.194.99.126
addnode=54.194.99.126
addnode=193.87.209.46
addnode=54.202.200.68
addnode=128.204.202.5
addnode=185.3.146.223
addnode=88.190.232.140
addnode=83.191.102.60
addnode=188.226.149.9
addnode=62.210.122.161
addnode=95.85.26.168
addnode=67.233.200.130
addnode=88.190.22.60
addnode=111.227.211.187
addnode=75.83.163.162
daemon=1
gen=0
Everything in the same directory than the Stories wallet application
Mine too, have been like this for a week

There was a point when my wallet wouldn't sync anymore, so I removed everything except the wallet.dat and it all came through again.
Here are my conencted peers:
{
"addr" : "128.204.202.5:40782",
.....
Try adding some of them.