Another Day, Another Dream: Reflections From a Little-Known Author

It started as a “what if” question in the shower, between shampooing my hair and conditioning it.

What if I started a book with the marriage instead of ending with it? What if I wrote a romance where marriage wasn’t the end game…it was part of the conflict?

Now, tomorrow, that “what if” question moves one step closer to becoming reality.

My official cover for Without You, my second novel in the New Adult genre, is released tomorrow.

The cover reveal is more than just a publicity stunt or a pretty picture. It’s symbolic. It’s a momentous step in Jenna, Camden, Violet and Liam becoming more than just figments of my imagination. Tomorrow, these four characters will become a part of the “real world.”

For me, this is my favorite part of writing. I love getting to see people I invented, characters I toiled over, come to life. I love seeing them take form, take root in the real world, even if they are still fictional.

I thought my second release would be overshadowed by my first. Nothing could be as exciting as a first novel, a first publishing contract, a first cover reveal.

But I was so wrong.

Because I’ve come to realize that seeing your words transformed, seeing them made into something tangible…that’s a magic that never gets old.

I may never be a “big” author. I may never have paparazzi following me. Nicholas Sparks will probably never know who I am.

But that’s okay.

Because tomorrow, when I see the cover of Without You released to the world, I’ll smile. I’ll know that another dream has materialized.

I owe that to Limitless Publishing and all of the amazing people working there.

So thank you to an amazing publishing company for helping me, a little-known author, make a big dream come true.

Lindsay Detwiler, Without You

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Without You will be available November 21st for pre-order on Amazon. The official release will be December 1st.