Aww that stinks, well I'm sure things will improve for you
and it's nice to see that my writing isn't the only thing that's improved haha :3 your works look really nice!
for me it's been super busy, I've been making stories left and right and now I got 2 commissions for a OC character story and one for a famous YouTube Star lol. But I'm nearing the big 1k in page views, so I'm more excited than exhausted lol
the hardest part is when you complete a story. First you gotta actually write it and then review it at least a few times to check for errors. And then after that comes the self-promotion (yay lol). Group submissions, forum posts, and even the occasional "hey check this out!" On a status update.
It takes 3 hours to rough draft a story at least, another 2 to check it for errors. 1 to post it, 2 hours to promote it on groups and finally 1 hour of forum conversations and status updates. Lol so in all? 9 hours of work for a short 3 hour story lol