Ep 107: Carrie Cariello on Writing About Your Family

Join Dr. Angela Lauria of The Author Incubator as she interviews author Carrie Cariello on the publishing of her book on autism, What Color Is Monday?

Hundreds of thousands of people have read Carrie's Huffington Post article "I Know What Causes Autism." If you missed it, you can read the article here: http://carriecariello.com/2015/01/19/i-know-what-causes-autism/

Carrie is a mother of five, and her second son, diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, is the inspiration for the book. It is a memoir that tells their story as a family and their journey to discovering their son Jack’s condition and the impact that autism had in their day-to-day lives. When Carrie started writing the book, there was no clear direction as to the goal of her book. She just thought it would be good to put out her journal and start capturing small moments that she knew would get lost in the shuffle of everyday, and memorialize them. But towards the end, she came to realize that there really was a message to her story.

Read more and get the transcript here: Carrie Carriello on the Author Incubator.