Q: I like that. UNTITLED.

A: Well, the plot is contingent and variable. It depends on what happens. The title could change.

Q: Indeed, the title of READFEST 2006 changed.

A: Indeed.

Q: You could call it THE WAR HEADS IN PUBLISHING ARE AFRAID OF A LARGE BLACK WOMAN.

A: Oprah has a lot of loyal fans and they buy a lot of books.

But there are readers out there who would not buy a book with an Oprah logo on it.

Q: As J-Franz said.

A: As J-Franz said.

Q: I like the idea of a three-book series.

How you became a writer (BLUE-COLLAR REDNECK), what you did about it (READFEST 2006), and what happened because of what you did in READFEST 2006 (UNTITLED).

A: I do too.

Everybody roots for the outsider.

The raw vision.

Raw vision has street cred.