Ann: Computer, absolute quiet room, chocolate.
Jim: Misplacing my reading glasses.
Ann: Noise, Dog needing to go outside the minute I sit down to write, cats bellowing for food whenever I’m at the computer.
Jim: The freedom to let my mind wander.
Ann: Setting my own schedule.
Easiest thing about being a writer:Jim and Ann: Being our own boss!
Jim and Ann: Juggling our time.
Ann: Swimming all year long.
Jim and Ann: Monsoon season in Arizona.
Things you never want to run out of:Jim: Toilet paper.
Ann: New York Style Chinese food and calamari.
Jim: IRS forms and chopped liver.
Ann: Pet messes and asparagus.
Jim: The Band, The Grateful Dead, jazz.
Ann: The Band, The Grateful Dead, showtunes, and Italian Opera.
Jim and Ann: Elevator Music, Punk Rock.
Jim and Ann: The cat litter box.
Jim: Construction, home repairs, cooking.
Jim: Deep dish pizza in Chicago.
Ann: New York Style Egg Rolls.
Jim: A home-cooked Italian meal.
Jim and Ann: Moscow, Ottawa, Toronto, London, The Caribbean.
Jim and Ann: Upstate New York in the dead of winter.
Jim and Ann: Good friends, good books, our pets.
Jim and Ann: Grouchy people, last minute deadlines.
Jim and Ann: Hiking back trails in Mexico.
Jim and Ann: Hiking back trails in Mexico again!
New York native Ann I. Goldfarb spent most of her life in education, first as a classroom teacher and later as a middle school principal and professional staff developer. Writing as J. C. Eaton, along with her husband, James Clapp, they have authored the Sophie Kimball Mysteries (Kensington), The Wine Trail Mysteries (Kensington Lyrical Underground), and The Marcie Rayner Mysteries (Camel). In addition, Ann has nine published YA time travel mysteries under her own name.
When James E. Clapp retired as the tasting room manager for a large upstate New York winery, he never imagined he’d be co-authoring cozy mysteries with his wife, Ann I. Goldfarb. Non-fiction in the form of informational brochures and workshop materials treating the winery industry were his forte along with an extensive background and experience in construction that started with his service in the U.S. Navy and included vocational school classroom teaching.