Stop Waiting, Start Writing: The No Excuses Guide to Finally Finishing Your Book, view the full store: payhip.com/b/SvHt4 Author Pamela Samuels Young introduces her No-Excuses approach to finally finishing the book that's been living inside your head.

Where to Find Your Stories - Not sure what to write about? Start with your own life. Your first job, your favorite childhood memory, or even a mistake you learned from. These moments are gold.

Write Like Nobody’s Watching Scared of what people might think? Write like no one will ever read it. This frees you to be honest, bold, and unfiltered. You can decide later if you want to share it.

Your First Draft Is Supposed to Be Messy! If you’re waiting to write something “good,” stop. The first draft is about getting your ideas out, not perfecting them. Think of it as laying the foundation; you can build and decorate later.

Writing After Retirement! Retirement isn’t the end; it’s the beginning of a new story—literally. All those years of wisdom, all those stories you’ve collected? They’re ready to come out. Set a schedule that works for you. Writing isn’t a job; it’s your gift to yourself.

Building a Career that Evolves with You. Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… Attorney & award-winning novelist Pamela Samuels Young offers a thoughtful perspective on embracing new opportunities, pushing past self-doubt & making room for more than one passion.

From Lawyer to Novelist: Award-winning legal thriller novelist & attorney Pamela Samuels Young joins Leveraging Latitude to discuss navigating journalism, in-house leadership, writing novels, and overcoming fear. Watch the show: youtu.be/i9Cboo_SlZA?si=lCn1…

Sounds Like Trouble: A Novel By Pamela Samuels Young and Dwayne Alexander Smith. Book 2 of Sounds Like A Plan Series, read more: a.co/d/fFg810J It sounds like trouble as Jackson & Mackenzie return to solve their most dangerous case yet.

HAVE YOU READ THE BOOK, YET? Sounds like a Plan by Pamela Samuels Young, Dwayne Alexander Smith. Jackson Jones and Mackenzie Cunningham are both Black private investigators operating out of Los Angeles. Grab a copy here: a.co/d/9LhmtFl

When someone says, “Your book got me back into reading,” I feel ten feet tall. If one of my thrillers pulled you out of a reading slump, tell me. That story might encourage someone else to pick up a book instead of their phone tonight. Read an excerpt pamelasamuelsyoung.com

Readers we need you! You don’t have to be a critic to write a review. Say it made you laugh. Say it made you angry. Say you finished it in two days. Honest words carry more weight than polished ones. If you’ve read The Law of Karma, I’d love to see your take in a few sentences.

"Empower yourself by embracing the possibility of failure as a step toward success." Stop fearing the fall and start respecting the process. Success is often built on the courage to keep going after things did not go as planned.

WE WON! Last night, Dwayne Alexander Smith & I were honored to win at the 2026 Black Authors Matter TV Awards in the Mystery/Thriller/Crime Fiction category for our Sounds Like A Plan and Sounds Like Trouble series. Thank you to Gwen Richardson and all the readers!

The Black Authors Matter TV Awards Show is coming tomorrow! I will be attending as follows: 8:00p.m. CST | 9:00 p.m. EST Category - Mystery/Thriller/Crime Fiction You can watch the awards show on Facebook page where it will be live-streamed facebook.com/nationalblackbo…

Happy Mother’s Day to every woman raising, loving & mentoring children who are not only biologically hers. Your care reaches further than titles. It shows up in stability, guidance, discipline paired with compassion, and in the kind of love that does not depend on recognition.

TWO DAYS TO VOTE! My co-author, Dwayne Alexander Smith, and I are deeply grateful to be finalists for the 2026 Black Authors Matter TV Awards. Voting is open until April 28: bit.ly/3wzACFV We’re nominated in the Mystery, Thriller, Crime Fiction category.

I found out I had to have BOTH of my hips replaced. Now I’m back better than ever! I owe much of my incredible recovery to my amazing physical therapist Amy Mourad at AIM Sports Medicine in Hermosa Beach. Under her guidance, I went from walker to cane to hiking for two hours.