Once you tell people that you are writing a book, you will get many people asking you what the book is about. At this stage, I prefer not to tell people what the book is about. The reason is that most people will, once they know what you are up to, start making suggestions about things that should happen in your book, or things you should mention. That will only get in your way, confuse you and ultimately may cause you to stop writing that book, or any book. Keep your idea a secret, they can have it once you are done with it. This will keep other people from interfering, and make it easier for you to finish your work.
When you have finished the book, when it’s available on the Internet, or even, if you are so lucky (no, not lucky, talented!), on the shelves of a bookstore, then when people ask you what your new book is about, you give them exactly what you’ve got on the back page blurb, and make them go out and buy the book. By then, of course, you will be busy with your second or third book, and of course they are going to ask you what your next book is about. And now of course you know what to tell them…
Keep your idea a secret, they can have it once you are done with it. This will keep other people from interfering, and make it easier for you to finish your work.
When you have finished the book, when it’s available on the Internet, or even, if you are so lucky (no, not lucky, talented!), on the shelves of a bookstore, then when people ask you what your new book is about, you give them exactly what you’ve got on the back page blurb, and make them go out and buy the book.
By then, of course, you will be busy with your second or third book, and of course they are going to ask you what your next book is about. And now of course you know what to tell them…