"I've tried to post a few "stories" on Steemit, and even the one that got lot of comments and almost 40 votes in 6 hours didn't make more than 70 cts."

I know some very wealthy commercial salesmen who called on a thousand companies before they got their first large order.

Some novelists write a dozen or more books before they produce something memorable (to the public, not themselves).

Suck it up buttercup.