Writing a Novel Despite Your Day Job A Working Author Shares 10 Secrets of Her Success Trying to write a novel while working full time can feel like hitting your head against a brick wall . . . but not anymore! Believe it or not, you can write a novel, even if you don’t think you have the time. In this informative audio training session, corporate attorney and published author, Pamela Samuels-Young, shares the ten tips that helped her write two novels while working full time as a corporate attorney. In this entertaining CD, you’ll learn how to: • Create a realistic writing schedule • Outline your novel so you can finish it in record time • Advance your novel even when you’re not writing • Master the elements of story structure • And much, much more!
Los Angeles attorney Pamela Samuels Young has always abided by the philosophy that you create the change you want to see. Fed up with never seeing women or people of color depicted as savvy, hot shot attorneys in the legal thrillers she read, Pamela decided to create her own characters. Despite the demands of a busy legal career, Pamela accomplished her ambitious goal by rising at four in the morning to write before work, dedicating her weekends to writing and even spending her vacation time glued to her laptop for ten or more hours a day.
The Essence magazine bestselling author now has four fast-paced legal thrillers to show for her efforts: Every Reasonable Doubt (February 2006); In Firm Pursuit (January 2007); Murder on the Down Low (September 2008); and Buying Time (November 2009). N.Y. Times bestselling author Sheldon Siegel describes Buying Time, Pamela's first stand-alone novel, as a "deftly plotted thriller that combines the best of Lisa Scottoline and Robert Crais."
A former journalist, Pamela is a graduate of USC, Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Southern California Chapter of Mystery Writers of America and is the Fiction Expert for BizyMoms.com.
Pamela is a frequent speaker on the topics of discrimination law, diversity, writing and pursuing your passion. To contact Pamela for a speaking engagement, book club meeting or to read an excerpt of her books, visit www.pamelasamuelsyoung.com.
