Hello, Juliet, and Welcome to Steemit.
With your various interests, you will probably find that Steemit is a great platform for you. And since you are also a writer, you have an added advantage. In many ways, Steemit is more of a "publishing community" than a simple social network or even a blog site.
It might take a while ( or a long while) to attract a large following on Steemit and become successful, but stay POSITIVE throughout. Keep posting regularly about whatever interests you or fills you with passion, and you cannot fail.
Below are a few basic points of advice re posting on Steemit.
- Longer posts are more lucrative than short posts. If you make a post of 20–30 paragraphs, it's more likely to earn rewards.
- Include some photos, images or graphs, to complement the text.
- Make sure the text and photos are formatted properly, so that your post looks attractive and appealing.
- Be yourself.
- Be interesting and informative.
- Create quality content. Steemit is intended to be a platform of quality content. (You will see many insignificant posts with meager content and no quality. Most of those of posts [called “shitposts” by Steemit whale Stellabelle] will earn few rewards and soon pass into oblivion.)
- Get online and start curating. Read various posts, comment on those posts you find interesting, and upvote those posts. That’s the best way to attract followers.
Hope this helps for now. Good luck, and Full Steem Ahead!