How do we help authors on Steem make publishing on Steemit a priority? Is it as simple as consistent upvotes, comments, and recognition from others? I hope so because for Steem to make the difference in the world I expect it to, we need authors that publish to Steem first and to bring readers here!

While each of us has an upvote and the ability to comment, it often takes working together to help spark the motivation to keep trying even when rewards are low. Thank you to @barrysamways for helping me see that being featured in upvotable can be a part of inspiring us as authors to keep trying and build our lives around publishing here as I have done!

Upvotable #27 posts!

• @barrysamways shares how being featured in upvotable was a boost of encouragement that motivated him to work to consistently earning $20 to $100 on each new post today at https://steemit.com/drawing/@barrysamways/drawing-steemians-jerrybanfield.
• @lturner Why Do We Think Removing Hardship Makes Us Happy at https://steemit.com/blog/@lturner/thoughts-from-the-front-lines-why-do-we-think-removing-hardship-makes-us-happy. @cyptonet earning 10 SBD!
• @lindahas writes a story for us called, "A Time Travelers Universe" at https://steemit.com/writing/@lindahas/a-time-travelers-universe-the-other-side-of-the-coin-a-short-story-of-fiction. @mehdibca earning 10 SBD!
• @mrblu shares with us a poem of their love story at https://steemit.com/poetry/@mrblu/blupost-poetry-our-love-story.
• @lordmok helps us to find the root to all problems at https://steemit.com/life/@lordmok/sankofa-creative-competition-3-kokoro-toun-je-efo-idi-efo-lowa-finding-the-root-of-your-problem.
• @bitdollar says do what you need to do not what you want to do! A lesson they learned from their mentor at https://steemit.com/life/@bitdollar/do-what-you-need-to-do-not-what-you-want-to-do-a-lesson-my-mentor-taught-me.
• @jo3potato is giving us free access to his python course at https://steemit.com/technology/@jo3potato/free-python-programming-course-coupons-inside.
• @aarellanes shares with us their dinning experience and celebrates his 4 year anniversary at https://steemit.com/food/@aarellanes/salty-s-seafood-grill-restaurant-at-alki-beach-seattle-washington.

How did we create the list above?

1. Comments sharing posts in the previous upvotable post as seen at https://steemit.com/upvotable/@jerrybanfield/there-must-be-some-kinda-way-outta-here-in-upvotable-26.
2. Posts I upvoted which I found in my home feed, trending, referrals in comments, and tips.
3. Would you make comments here with the posts you would like to see in upvotable #28 here because you will get a 10 SBD finder's fee for sharing a post written by another author that we share? 20 SBD were earned by curators submitting posts successfully today!

Love,
Jerry Banfield

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PS: Witness votes are the most powerful votes we make on Steem because one vote for a witness lasts indefinitely! Would you please make a vote for jerrybanfield as a witness or set jerrybanfield as a proxy to handle all witness votes at https://steemit.com/~witnesses because when we make our votes, we feel in control of our future together? Thank you to the 516 accounts voting for me as a witness, the 184.2M VESTS assigned from users trusting me to make all witness votes by setting me as proxy, and @followbtcnews for making these .gif images!

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Thank you to @barrysamways for drawing this image and providing a complete tutorial showing how he did it