Q: You are calling the series of books you are writing now After BLUE-COLLAR REDNECK.

The two books are I DRIVE TO FAIRHOPE, ALABAMA and READFEST 2006.

A: Yes.

Q: I propose you call the series Readfest 2006: Barnstorming for Poetry, and call the two books I DRIVE TO FAIRHOPE, ALABAMA and I DRIVE TO OJUS.

A: Okay.

Q: And instead of a series of two books, it's a book in two parts.

A: Okay.

Q: Are you with me so far?

A: Yes.

Q: BLUE COLLAR REDNECK and READFEST 2006 are the first two books of a three-book series. Underground Writer Makes Good.

BLUE-COLLAR REDNECK is about how you became a writer. READFEST 2006 is about you going on the road to sell Bukowski Never Did This.

A: What's the third book.

Q: The third book is called UNTITLED.

A: What's it about?

Q: You either (1) break through, and sell a book to New York, or (2) your LDA grant runs out, and you have to go back to work.

A: Okay.

Do I start pitching the three-book series to agents.

Q: Yes. One agent at a time.

Wait to hear no before you pitch the series to another agent.

A: Got it.