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How to convert my book to Smashwords: http://sheiladeeth.blogspot.com/2012/06/smashing-those-words-guide-to-help-me.html

How to connect your connections on the internet: (A very low-level guide): http://sheiladeeth.blogspot.com/2012/07/how-to-connect-those-connections.html

How to avoid losing your reviews on Amazon: http://sheiladeeth.blogspot.com/2012/09/while-i-was-away-amazon-clarifies-its.html

Seven steps to editing--guest post on Book Reader's Heaven: http://gabixlerreviews-bookreadersheaven.blogspot.com/2012/10/guest-post-from-touring-author-sheila.html

Twenty steps to producing a writers' group journal: http://sheiladeeth.blogspot.com/2012/11/how-to-create-writers-group-journal.html

Why I have so many blogs and how to build a free website: http://sheiladeeth.blogspot.com/2017/07/one-day-ill-sort-out-all-my-websites.html

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