Pamela Samuels Young

John Grisham with a Female Twist! #Author, #motivational speaker, #attorney, #OWNer #OWNAmbassadors

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Building a Career that Evolves with You. Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://t.co/TguVsKQkW9

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.

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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: https://t.co/VuacizwdLg

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Sounds Like Trouble: A Novel By Pamela Samuels Young and Dwayne Alexander Smith. Book 2 of Sounds Like A Plan Series, read more: https://t.co/TfNTBDYiP7

It sounds like trouble as Jackson & Mackenzie return to solve their most dangerous case yet.

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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: https://t.co/d8wMvy8Ynt

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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 https://t.co/gqjTlIOxDi

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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.

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"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.

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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!

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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
https://t.co/NoiWGAwoXi

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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.

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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: https://t.co/OflwrUMFbe

We’re nominated in the Mystery, Thriller, Crime Fiction category.

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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.

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I’m so excited to share that I was a panelist for Transformative Career Journeys, a powerful conversation with women whose paths began in the law and led to extraordinary leadership roles beyond the traditional legal field.

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I’m so excited to share that I was a panelist for Transformative Career Journeys.

I had the honor of joining Tina Tchen of the Obama Foundation and Sarah Shadonix of Scout & Cellar Wines, with the discussion thoughtfully moderated by Beth Hecht of Xeris Pharmaceuticals.

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This experience meant so much to me. We reflected on those pivotal moments that shaped our careers, talked about how legal training influences the way we lead and make decisions, and explored the many ways lawyers can take their skills into entirely different industries.

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About the Authors
Dwayne Alexander Smith is a screenwriter and author of Forty Acres, winner of the NAACP Image Award for Literary Work by a Debut Author.

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We are Finalist for the 2026 Black Authors Matter TV Awards! My co-author, Dwayne Alexander Smith, and I are grateful that readers loved our books enough to vote for us!

Start voting April 14-April 28.

Vote for us in Mystery/Thriller/Crime Fiction
https://t.co/OflwrUMFbe

[Pamela Samuels Young @AuthorPSY]

We are Finalist for the 2026 Black Authors Matter TV Awards! My co-author, Dwayne Alexander Smith, and I are grateful that readers loved our books enough to vote for us!

Start voting April 14-April 28.

Vote for us in Mystery/Thriller/Crime Fiction
https://t.co/OflwrUMFbe