Retired Language Arts Teacher 1998. Have devoted much of my time since working with others on writing their memoir. Writing and publishing has been a parallel... Retired Language Arts Teacher 1998. Have devoted much of my time since working with others on writing their memoir. Writing and publishing has been a parallel career to teaching. Three non-fiction books on Japan; Gaijin Gaijin, Mo Ichi Do, and Sutaindo Guraiso, subtitled An American Family in Japan...