Books

26 December 2019

How I write by Juliet Ashton

Asking authors how they write is like asking cooks how they bake a cake. There's one basic recipe, but they all do it differently. What's more, each one thinks their ...

26 December 2019

Seven things I'd like my readers to know about me by Deborah Masson

Books are all over my home. My dad was a great lover of Wilbur Smith and my mum couldn’t resist a good crime thriller. Now, as a single mum, I ...

18 December 2019

Seven things you need to know about homeschooling

The year 2018 marked a momentous change of lifestyle for my family. After 20 years of home educating our three children, the last one started college and my wife and ...

18 December 2019

Female First Awards 2019: Author of the Year

When I was asked to showcase my favourite author of the year- it was an easy decision to make. As the minimalist writer for Female First, I have tried to ...

17 December 2019

Female First Awards 2019: Book of the Year

I am slightly biased as I am a new parent myself, so this book came at exactly the right time for me. When I thought about all the books I ...

17 December 2019

Six hacks to remember the names of everyone you meet

In a world where so many of us rely on our smartphones or other devices to recall even the most basic information, it can sometime feel like a struggle to ...

16 December 2019

Forget New Year’s resolutions and create the life you want through the power of INTENTION

It’s a fact… 92% of all new year’s resolutions fail! Yet how many times have we created an intention to lose weight, go to the gym, meditate daily, learn Spanish, ...

16 December 2019

Female First reviews... the Readly App

-  I've never been a die-hard magazine person for several reasons: Subscriptions cost money and I can never decide which publication to commit to, I'm only interested in about 40% ...

15 December 2019

Attract your heart’s desire with positive vibes

Do you want to start being proactive about your goals? If your goal is clear and focused, and you maintain a positive attitude, you can make it easier on yourself ...

15 December 2019

Seven things I'd like my readers to know about me by Jason Arnopp

I played myself in a 2019 horror movie. Back in the mists of time, I spent the 90s as a rock journalist, who jetted around the planet interviewing people who ...

12 December 2019

Seven things I'd like my readers to know about me by Eileen Ramsay

In 1964, having graduated from Craiglockhart Teacher Training College – with distinction, I wrote to Stoneridge Academy of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda, Maryland asking if there was a possibility ...

12 December 2019

My inspiration for I Dare You by Sam Carrington

I’m often asked how I get my ideas for my books. I'm now writing my sixth book and, so far, haven't struggled to find a topic to write about. As ...

12 December 2019

Things I’d like my readers to know about me by Leona Deakin

I’m a real-life psychologist. My day job is not as exciting as Dr Augusta Bloom’s but I do love it. I work as an occupational psychologist helping people to improve ...

12 December 2019

Seven things that make my Christmas complete by Jo Thomas

- It starts with the tree! I love Christmas trees and how their smell fills the house. It is one of my favourite smells and is what Christmas is all ...

10 December 2019

Jenni Hendriks and Ted Caplan discuss their new book Unpregnant

Would you guess that the book we wrote titled, Unpregnant, is actually a love story? No, not one you’d find in the romance section, filled with roses and candlelight (though ...

10 December 2019

Seven things I'd like my readers to know about me by Terry Geo

It takes me hours to get to sleep every night. My brain never stops working. It is constantly churning out new ideas, processing old thoughts, overanalysing everything… it’s frustrating. When ...

9 December 2019

Seven things you need to know about PR by Natalie Trice

‘PR School: Your Time to Shine’ has just been published by PR power house, Natalie Trice, and it could change the way the world sees your business, forever. This masterclass ...

9 December 2019

Seven things you need to know about Sophrology

-  Sophrology is the “dynamic cousin” of meditation Sophrology was founded by Columbian doctor and neuro-psychiatrist Professor Alfonso Caycedo in the 1960s. It is a type of dynamic meditation (great ...

8 December 2019

Seven things author Sam Broadley wants you to know about him

A bit of an eccentric is how one might describe Sam Broadley, but a man who sets big goals to change people’s lives, both close to him and beyond. His ...

6 December 2019

Seven things that inspire my writing by Arch Hades

-  I began writing poetry in high school. Unfortunately, I didn’t have many friends because I wasn’t cut from the same cloth and at that age anything foreign is heinous. ...

5 December 2019

Merry Christmas and a different new year by Kirsten de Bouter Shillam

It’s that time of year again. Baubles, lights and all things twinkly. Whilst you might be counting down impatiently to some well-deserved time off, you are also looking back over ...

4 December 2019

Lee Cockburn shares the inspiration for her new novel Demon's Fire

-  I have worked in the police for nineteen years; three years in public order and the rest on the front line on the street. Today, I am a Sergeant ...

3 December 2019

Angela Britnell shares how meeting her American hero has influenced her writing

There’s an old saying that advises people to write about what they know and after 36 years of living my own amazing version of a transatlantic romance I find it ...

2 December 2019

A call to arms for women and their bodies

Medical researchers and journalists have confirmed that women are more likely to be inadequately treated by health care providers than men. It is also the experience of many Clinical Negligence ...