Jim Lawrence lives in the North Carolina mountains with has partner Barbara and a precocious Cairn Terrier. He spent several years in Los Angeles working as a writer/director befor...view moreJim Lawrence lives in the North Carolina mountains with has partner Barbara and a precocious Cairn Terrier. He spent several years in Los Angeles working as a writer/director before going into higher education. He has taught screenwriting, video production and nonlinear video editing at the university level, and in retirement he now teaches courses in the UNCA College for Seniors. He and Barbara have made a number of trips to Scotland. He studied Scottish-Gaelic for six years but confesses that the language “finally got the better of him.” view less