When I wrote my book, I told nobody I was doing just that (not my husband, daughters, parents, friends or family - not a soul - for 9 months)! I needed the space and freedom to create whatever I had in mind without having someone trying to shoot me down with their negativity before the project even gone off the ground and I certainly didn't want anybody to inject their own ideas into my project. It was just me, myself and my manuscript for 9 months and the process was sacred. I started telling people about my book only after receiving 3 offers from 3 different publishing companies who offered to publish the book for me.