Appreciate your kind words! I guess I value a certain "timelessness" in content... perhaps the result of having written for many online magazines for many years.

You Stephen King story bears out the assertion many make that "the rich get richer," not necessarily through talent or skill, but simply as a result of being "someone." We see that here on Steemit, as well...people bring their 100,000 followers from YouTube and immediately have $100 posts here. But I guess we have to view that in the context of them already "having paid their dues."