Any Ideas Please!

I think the first question you should ask is: who am I writing for?

I'm no expert but I think it would be a bad idea to just write about something without doing some research first into the market. Once you identify who your target market is (who you're writing for), then find out what it is they want to know.

So let's say you want are interested in programming as you mentioned that in your post. I'm guessing you probably have some skills in several languages, but let's just pick one (it's always better to be specific), say PHP for example.

Now I would go and do some research on PHP programming and the types of things people are looking to find out. Google is your friend here. Search blogs, forums, yahoo answers, etc. See if there are any similar ebooks out there that look like they are selling (clickbank, paydotcom, etc). You want to see that someone is already having success with this topic.

With all this research done you'll probably find that you're getting a picture of the market. Let's say you find that it's newbies asking all the questions and they specifically want help with using PHP to create membership sites.

Now you get to the actual product creation part. Using all those questions you found earlier and your knowledge of the topic (or someone elses, no reason you can't outsource this kind of thing), you get to writing. And here I agree with the previous posters, mind-mapping is great idea.

Perhaps you can turn each question you found into a mini chapter. Or maybe another structure might suit, the important thing is that you are answering the questions your target market is asking.

So there you go, in short it's:

1. Find a group of people
2. Find out what their problem is
3. Write a book giving a solution to the problem
4. Show them you've got a solution to their problem
5. Payday

Hope that helps!

Cheers,
Ben