A side project for me this year is to keep blog/diary on a 'life begins at 40' theme. This is because I turned 40 at the very end of last year.
http://fortyfication.wordpress.com will involve me making multiple daily updates of 40 words each and the issue of nine PDF ebooks - one every 40 days - with more detailed notes on my progress. These will be published at cost of 40p each with 40% being donated to charity.
I want to see if I can achieve an average of at least 40 downloads a month over the course of a year. On that basis I will only earn £192 but I think it's a realistic first target to have. If it goes well I can alter my figures accordingly.
After the year is up I want to compile the best bits from the ebooks and blog into a hard copy book during 2010.
All this has been partly inspired by another book I've been reading called The To-Do List by Mike Gayle - http://www.mikegayle.co.uk/to_do.html.
He was closing in on his 40th birthday and decided he wanted to get his life together so he compiled a 1277 item To-Do List which he essentially completed over the course of a year.
Remember, the blog is: http://fortyfication.wordpress.com
