This weekend I went garage saling with my kids as I often do on Saturday mornings. My mom was with us for the first time. She was surprised by how many conversations I struck up with strangers. But, she chuckled about it and told my husband many stories about our adventures when we got home. One of my conversations was with a woman who has written a book. She self published it back in 2007. She's been trying to publicize it and get it out there for the past 4 years. It was interesting to hear from her how challenging that has been--and how much she's invested in it. She wrote a book that matters to her. I suspect that most authors feel that way. Or at least I hope they do. During my conversation, I discovered that the book was a fictional story about a young woman who has an autistic son. The author has an autistic son who is in his 20s now. Autism is such a mystery and I was very curious about this story. ...