Why thank you, @practicalthought! I'm still only about two weeks into this whole thing, but I do see that there are a lot of very kind people who are here to help newbies like me (hey, @pifc, @c-squared, @carlgnash, @brittandjosie and many more!), and all I have to do is FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS and come up with good content. Sounds like a win-win to me! I love to write and I feel like Steemit is a platform on which, given enough time, I can really build out some serious value from my skills!