Why is it that the title of my newly published hub is highlighted in gray instead of blue?

They are fine. If you have visited your hub recently, the titles will 'grey'. The ones you haven't been to in awhile are brighter blue.It helps you see which ones you have and haven't been to in a while.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.