Hey Barry,
Thanks for the comment. Don't give up on hope either, just keep chugging away.
I have never understood why some of my posts took off, and others didn't either. I think part of that is just timing. If you post when the folks are on that would upvote you, then you have a upvoted post, and if you miss that time slot, you have an unloved post. Remember that Steemit is a now phenomenon; that post is either trending, or it's new, or it's forgotten.
I will say one thing, it was hard for me to see your original work, b/c you are resteeming a lot. There is nothing wrong with that, but as I said for myself, I try to keep more of my own posts visible when my blog opens than the resteems.
Remember that the resteem is more valuable to the creator, not to the resteemer, UNLESS you upvote it and you resteem leads to a lot more upvotes that raise the payout on your upvote...yeah, it's complicated!
Anyway, keep up heart, and even if Steemt fails, you have a body of work to draw on; you should be copies of everything you post!