Category Archives: Freelance Writing

Freelance writing from expat freelance writer Amanda Walkins. Outlets include International Living, The Huffington Post, Roatanet.com, Women Who Live on Rocks, and more.

Wanderful: For Women in Travel, a Global Community & Thriving Sisterhood

Women in Travel Summit group photo in Portland Maine 2019

A community for women in travel — both as industry professionals and as travel lovers — offers a space for connection, inspiration, and empowerment. That’s why I joined Wanderful so long ago. As a woman who travels solo frequently and a woman travel creator and professional, this network just makes sense. If you’re a woman […]

Women in Travel Summit (WITS) Travel Conference

Women in Travel Summit WITS logo

I recently spent a week in Portland, Maine, at the Women in Travel Summit (WITS) travel conference. To say I felt right at home would be a complete understatement! Joining together with several hundred fellow travel addicts for multiple days of inclusive seminars was a breath of fresh air I didn’t even realize I needed. […]

Freelance Writing from Paradise

In an effort to offer some inspiration to other aspiring freelance writers out there, I wanted to share an update on my writing career since announcing that I’d left a salaried job and gone full-time as a freelancer.

The New International Living Roatan Correspondent

International Living Roatan Correspondent

BIG NEWS! I’ve just signed and sent the contract so it’s official: I am the new International Living Roatan Correspondent. After writing for them intermittently over the last year and a half, I’ve been offered the opportunity to become their official Roatan Correspondent, meaning they have someone writing about Roatan regularly who lives here, works […]

Top 10 Reasons Why I LOVE Working From Home

While I don’t do it every day – what with cafes to be enjoyed, interviews to conduct, and socializing to do – I’m working from home several days a week now. After a few months of this, I’ve gotten into a fabulous lack of routine filled with reasons why I love this work style. Here […]