Write What You Know by Jill Dobbe

This month on my website/blog, I am featuring articles by six amazing expats and travelers; this is the second post:

Jill Dobbe’s extensive experience as an international educator enriches her fascinating travel memoir, KIDS, CAMELS, & CAIRO, a book I highly recommend to those considering taking the plunge and working overseas. It is quite an insightful read, as is this article ‘Write What You Know’.



Hemingway said it and I write by it.

It’s the advice I remember receiving, and the reason I became a published author in my fifties. Upon returning to the U.S. after living and working as an international educator in India, where our circumstances were more topsy-turvy than ever, my husband proposed the idea of writing a book. “You should,” he remarked offhandedly. “You know a lot about working abroad in international schools and we have survived many crazy adventures for you to write about.” He planted the seed that day and I have been writing memoirs and travel articles, ever since....

Read the rest of Jill Dobbe's fascinating post here:
http://jennifersalderson.com/2017/03/...