I’m glad you’re still on the ship. It can be very disheartening to receive few claps until you let yourself understand that it isn’t about your writing. There are so many writers on Medium it’s nothing short of a miracle to land on anyone’s radar for very long. I would love to be supportive of as many fellow writers as possible by reading and clapping, but then little time remains for writing. It’s a balancing act and in the end you simply must do what works best for you and ignore the rest. Best of luck to you, Lori.