WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON CURRENTLY? WHAT IS YOUR LONG-TERM PLAN/HOPE AS A WRITER?

JW: I'm always working on several things. My writing life divides pretty cleanly between humor and fiction writing. In the fiction arena, I'm working on a novel, the first 700 words or so of which will appear in the next issue of McSweeney's (out in March) accompanied by a soundtrack from They Might Be Giants. My goal with the novel is to make it good and try to find someone who's interested in publishing it, and then I'll start writing another one and do it all over again.

For humor, that's just something that I've done as ideas and opportunities present themselves. I'd like to do a book of the Encyclopedia Brown parodies if the law allows. I like to write things that interest me, and thus far, that's what I've done. I'm certain Kevin and I will continue to work on projects together as well.

KG: I finished my first novel (a satirical caper sort of thingy) last summer, but I have yet to find anyone who will set it to music. Or even read it, for that matter. I divide my time pretty equally between deciding whether to procrastinate on selling that book, or to procrastinate on starting a brand new one.

WHEN IS THE BOOK DUE OUT? WHERE WILL IT BE DISTRIBUTED? IS IT AVAILABLE ONLY THROUGH AMAZON.COM, OR IS SIMPLY PRE-PURCHASE ORDERS?

JW: The publication date is March 27th, although we're told to expect the book in stores somewhat sooner, or later, or right on that date. It will be available in all the usual 'Borders and Noble' book-selling places, and possibly in some of the less-usual book places, as well. It's currently available through Amazon and Barnes and Noble.com as a pre-order. We encourage people to pre-order because of our ongoing feud with Mark Twain (see www.myfirstpresidentiary.com).