Famous Last Words: “You Never Know. Maybe You’ll Write a Book”

Or, (mis)adventures in self-publishing

My first Teacher Talk column as it was introduced to Palo Alto Daily News readers in 1998.

How I came to refer to myself as a writer

When I lived in Palo Alto, some people started a daily paper that included a parenting section. By then, I had been teaching in San Francisco public schools for almost thirty years. I thought, All…