No. I’m not talking about basketball (which I’m not a fan of), but about my plans for the month.  The big goal for the month is to finish my mystery book. Its pretty much written, but still needs LOTS of edits. If I can finish it this month, then perhaps I can get the synopsis written and start pitching the book to agents/publishers in April! I’ve posted parts of the book at Authonomy.com which is run by HarperCollins. I don’t expect to have a Lana Turner moment with HC finding the book and sending me a bazillion dollars. But it is a great place to get feedback (so far so good) and perhaps it might get noticed by someone.

I also want to pitch a new business book. Right now I’m leaning towards a blogging book for work-at-home moms. The goal this month is to get the proposal researched and written. I’m hoping to pitch to Adams Media, which bought my last book, but want to be ready to send to other publishers as well.

In terms of my monthly challenges, this month is to write down everything I eat every day. Last month I was supposed to exercise every day (22 out of 28 days successful), but I still ate a lot. Cold and snow make me do that. I should have been a bear. So this month I hope to get more control over the food intake by keeping track. It does make you stop and think before you eat.  Do I really want to add that 300 calorie candy bar to the list?

This month’s book selection is Persuasion by Jane Austin, which I’ve read last week. I’ll be posting a little something about that and February’s book (The Great Gatsby) shortly.

And of course on top of it all is all the other things I need to get done each week such as articles, blogs, book promotion, teleseminars, etc. And because I’m already behind, I should probably get to it.