Okay, so it's already February, but I'm late with the January issue, so I'm calling it January. <g>

It is hot, hot, hot here in Australia.  We're experiencing a heat wave, and have been for many days.  In Melbourne, where I live, we've had several days of at least 43 degrees (Celsius!) which is well over 100 F.

Despite having cooling, it feels like I'm going to melt any minute.

Unfortunately, when it's so hot, I don't think straight, which means I'm nowhere near as productive.

I mentioned last time that The Writer's Guide to Time Management: How to Boost Your Productivity and Earn More! was nearly ready.  It's closer now than last time, but still not quite there.

I've been quite busy over the school holiday period with a few copywriting projects.  I'm just finishing off one such project, combined with school starting again, which should  mean I get back on track in the next few days.

Thanks to all who voted for Writer2Writer in the recent Preditors and Editors Poll.  We unofficially finished in the Top Ten of all nominated sections! Official results are yet to be posted.

I always forget to welcome new subscribers, so apologies to everyone who falls into that category.  I'm always very mindful of how much of your time I'm taking, and try to keep the editorial fairly short.

As you can see, I quite often fail!

So Welcome. I do appreciate each and every subscriber! (Please forgive my tardiness.)

Okay, now for the big news...  Late last year I joined Kevin Riley's online Product Creation Workshop with several other people.  If you've been with me for a while, you'll know I have a lot of time and respect for Kevin, and we've become quite good friends over the last year or so.

Many of you have purchased Kevin's Home Study Course, which I believe is an absolutely awesome product, and I'll never deviate from that.

As a result of the online product creation workshop I  undertook last year, Kevin has released a new product.  In essense, it's similar to the Home Study Course, but goes even further.  It is a physical product and includes 8 CD's plus worksheets etc.  On the right is a quick preview.

The Product Creation Lab Private Workshop  is more expensive than the Home Study Course because it's a physical product, but it also goes deeper with the content.  I've been in negotiations with Kevin, and we've come up with a way to offer you this product at a discounted rate. 

So... this will be available very soon, and the minute is it, I'll let you know.  I am extremely excited about being able to bring you this offer, as I truly believe all writers can earn a great income with niche writing.

I'm also excited as I have several new ideas planned for Writer2Writer for 2009, and I can't wait to implement them.

You may be aware that last year I secured an affiliate manager to help me out.  Craig (Campbell) has been so helpful and supportive, that I recently asked him to also undertake the role of site manager.

This means that Craig is also handling customer service issues. If you have problems with downloads etc, Craig will sort them out for you. His details are supplied to you with each purchase, so if you need him, you should be able to contact him fairly easily.

Craig and I have discussed the possibility of adding a forum to Writer2Writer, and have decided to go ahead with it. While a newsletter is a good way to portray information, the forum will go that step further and address your specific concerns.  It will also be a meeting place for writers, where you can discuss problems, issues, ask questions etc. My aim is to have this up and running in the next few weeks, so look out for notification when it's ready!

Another thing we're implementing is a 'success' newsletter.  Well, not a newsletter exactly.  It will simply be a short email with some tips and tricks etc., to help you with your writing. This will be sent just once a month, because you know how I feel about flooding people's inbox.

We hope to have all of these up and running very soon.

If you have any ideas you feel would like to see implemented, drop me a line and let me know.

Before we get onto this issue, there's just one last thing I want to tell you.  I recently wrote a short report for both new and experienced Internet Marketers, and since I know there are several people on this list who want to make an income online, I decided to offer it here.  It is completely F-R-E-E, so it won't cost you a cent.

I normally ask people to sign up to get it, but since you're a subscriber, you don't need to do that. Grab your copy here.

Okay, time to move onto the current issue!