I met Gerry Cota, the author of The Room Already There at the Austin Independent Book Fair in September, where he had a vendor booth. I was looking for something to buy, and since I’m not much of a genre fiction reader (which makes up most of the indie book marketplace), the pickings were slim. Cota’s book stood out from a distance. A simple white cover featuring a minimalist design. I asked him what it was about, and he gave me a short elevator speech: ‘It’s about a guy from Austin who goes on a trip to Washington and discovers…