@guyfawkes4-20 :couldn't have said it any better!
It's discouraging when you put your heart and soul into a piece and barely receive any recognition yet someone curates a meme and gets tons of monetary compensation, it feels unfair and backwards!
I've stop focusing on the monetary goal and learned to hone my craft as a writer.
I write what I know and share it with the world :) Overtime, they'll be less crickets and more recognition :)