Confession time....

> aaaaaaa..... I am choking on a brownie now.......

Eee gads!! I know they're a little stale, but choking?? I'll have to take out extra insurance if this keeps happening.

> BIG QUESTION: ARE ANY OF THESE SO-CALLED "EXPERTS" CASHING IN ON
> THEIR "INTERESTS", OR ARE THEY CASHING IN ON SELLING US SUCKERS
> INFO PRODUCTS ON HOW TO CREATE AN INFO PRODUCT?

I hate to admit it after being at this for so long, but I must confess, the same thoughts plague me constantly.

It's being done every day in big niches and little niches and itty-bitty niches, and I know this for an absolute fact because I have come to "know" and trust a lot of people through this board and others -- but I still have all the same questions you do.

> Please forgive me for sounding cynical

Me too... double-forgive me.

>(I am NOT afraid to write or to
> start publishing projects

Neither am I. It's my favorite thing.

> I am not fond of chasing my tail and pursuing dead-duck ideas with no
> substance.

The fear of this happening has all but paralyzed me, because until the past month or so, I haven't had the luxury of putting it to the test. That would involve less time on the "sure thing" and more time on the as-yet-unproven endeavor, and as the main breadwinner, that terrifies me.

Now I have that luxury (although I wouldn't exactly call financially drowning a "luxury") (the "sure thing" is chronically four to five months behind with my paycheck, and all the extra work that kept us afloat has dried up) -- so I'm finally jumping in after only 6-1/2 years of dabbling and never quite finishing much of anything.

Actually I did finish one thing -- my Formerly Fat booklet -- and it was selling with virtually NO promotion except the tiny bit I did and help from the very generous Elizabeth Morrow. I had to abandon it in favor of typing more (again, the "sure thing") -- but I had the evidence right in front of me on a very small scale.

But there is something that bothers me, and you hit the nail on the head when you said:

> OR ARE THEY CASHING IN ON SELLING US SUCKERS INFO PRODUCTS ON
> HOW TO CREATE AN INFO PRODUCT?

This is what I have allowed to overwhelm me and kill my "creative spark" again and again.

Although I don't believe this is literally true, it seems every niche info product eventually turns into a "how-to-make-money-doing-what-I'm-doing" product (or entire web site) -- and I don't want to do that.

I want to sell my "niche info products" *without* going into the "make-money" market at all. I do that here at FIB (with other people's products), and that's the *only* place I want to do it.

It can be done and is being done -- I believe that -- but every once in a while I need to hear from people who are doing it without selling ***ANY*** "make-money-like-I'm-making-money" products whatsoever.

Now would be a good time.

Luv,

MaaMaw