Hey you girl, yes you over there
Reading through your specs as they settle on your nose
And you too
Reading as your thoughts race back to gym
Then that girl over there
Reading while she covers her scars up with a scarf
You too my girl
Reading with her hat on, covering her balding top

Didn’t they tell you? How can they not?
Never mind, I will. Today and tomorrow, everyday
You are beautiful, just amazing
Don’t you ever doubt your beauty, it radiates from within
You need them? You need them not!
People who judge you from your cover don’t deserve to see the inner pages
Withdraw from them all for we are here
Loving you for the person you are, the soul that resides within
See that beauty you have
Embrace what you’ve got, face that mirror and tell it you are beautiful!

Hello SErs! Harmony here 🙂 I hope this finds you all well. Today, I’d like to take a look at commas. For such a small punctuation mark, it has a big impact on how well or not our sentences read. Though we use commas a lot of the time, few of us understand them fully.

What is a comma? What does it do?

According to the Oxford English Dictionary: ‘A comma marks a slight break between different parts of a sentence. Used properly, commas make the meaning of sentences clear by grouping and separating words, phrases, and clauses.’

The different types of comma: Listing (Standard or Oxford), Introductory, Joining, Gapping, Bracketing, and other comma uses.

One thing that can make commas so confusing is that sometimes you have options, especially with the Listing and Gapping commas.

Because there is a lot to cover on this topic, I have split it…

Barry Marks of the Kindle Korner List, a long-time ebook fan and TeleRead commenter, has just shared a few tips for eyestrain reduction.

Among other things, he says his Galaxy S5 with a high-definition AMOLED screen lets him “read about twice as long without a break” as LCD phones do. But what else can ebook-lovers do? Here are 11 tips—some familiar to you possibly, others maybe not. So keep reading. These ideas work for me. I myself can read ebooks without interruption for just as long as I can paper ones. Let us know your own experiences with the tips below.

1. Keep in mind your environment. Eyestrain may be less of a problem if you’re reading in a bright room. Position your phone, tablet, or dedicated ereader to avoid glare from the lighting.
2. Consider the use of a frontlit E Ink reader, like the most Kindle models or the Kobos, so…

Disclaimer: I don’t claim to be an expert. I do my best to support my fellow author/tweeters, but support is a two-way street. Using Twitter efficiently isn’t an exact science, at least not for me. So take what I say with a grain of salt. Read the few rules I live by in my Twitter world below.

1. Have a daily tweet list: I’ve recently signed up with SimplyCast for tweeting only. I used to use HootSuite (I tried the Free and Paid version), but they didn’t have the main feature that I needed. I spent many hours creating or scheduling daily tweets. I wanted to be able to set my tweets so that they would automatically tweet the same days every week. SimplyCast allows me to do this for a reasonable price (only $9.99 per month). And I can go in and change those tweets or add to…

Blogging is one thing writers need to do regularly, even if it is only once or twice a month. However, it’s hard to gain readers when you first begin to blog. After all, blogging requires writing, and many writers feel it takes them away from their ‘real’ work.

But what is our real work? We write, hoping people will read our work, and our blog is the way to connect with those readers. For the Indie Author, your blog is your store, and is where your books are sold.

However, if we have a limited audience, we feel defeated in our efforts to gain readers, and many authors let their blogs languish for that reason.

All blogs begin with a small readership. Because we all begin small and want to gain readers, it’s necessary to use every platform available to get the word out and WordPress offers us many opportunities to do…