I am also here to stay on steemit. Some really great communities on here, I don't think they're going anywhere. By the way, as a good writer (and also I think you said you have a background in humanities?) you should check out some of the writing competitions run by @f3nix. This is the latest one, going on now. Best community I have found on here, along with steemstem. We are getting a discord server soon!