I know what you mean. Yes, my history posts, even though very popular with my followers, have never generated any interest with big voters so I've always made way below the average steemian at my rep level.
So I may have to do what you suggest or something closer to it. The people who love my stories are small accounts with no voting power. lol.
So many people tell me that they save my posts for a night time read when they go to bed so it's very flattering and I don't want to give them up because no one else is doing history in that format of story telling.