Hi Mark,
I wrote a few things here, in the early days, and got a nice reward. For the last month or so, I've just been reading, up voting and commenting. I've read quite a lot, being on here every day for hours. I feel that you are in the upper tier of writers here, and soon some of the bigger Steem Power holders will be voting for your stories.
Follow the strategies you outlined, especially commenting on other posts and replying to your comments, and I believe you will be happy here on steemit. Best wishes!
Thanks, not to brag, and sometimes, considering my atrocious use of commas it's sad, but I'm generally in the upper tier of writers wherever I go . Been at it while, but when you know your own shortcomings so well, sometimes it's terribly disappointing there aren't more people ahead of you. LOL