Well, articles are in general very underestimated around here. What is the normal pay for two 4 +/- hours of your time? A couple of dollars? Only the recent trip I am starting a series on cost me about four thousand. I wonder if my second year on Steem will be enough to cover half of it...
But rewards is one thing, and looking good, attracting followers, etc. is another. So one should think about one's blog as a portfolio, too.
Which is kind of not practical with good articles sinking down in all UIs which are generally copies of one another. I am still waiting for a feature that can actually organize my content. Maybe I should go back to steempress and be ready to sacrifice a couple of tags.