Books

11 October 2018

Writing for different readerships and straddling genres, by Bea Davenport

As an author I often do talks and workshops and there are some questions I can guarantee to be asked. A popular one is where my ideas come from; another ...

9 October 2018

Writing with OCD, by author Lisa Lueddecke

The thing about OCD is that it’s different for everyone. By now, most people will have heard at least one of the many jokes about it circulating in everyday talk, ...

8 October 2018

10 philosophers to learn a tip from when it comes to food, by Martin Cohen

Philosophers were the original food gurus. Surprised? Yet food is so fundamental, it would be surprising indeed if the great philosophers had not had their say on it. And if ...

8 October 2018

Denise Welch delivers a thrilling journey in her second novel, The Mother's Bond

Following the release of her debut novel, If They Could See Me Now back in 2017, showbiz personality Denise Welch returns with her second fictional outing, The Mother's Bond. This past weekend, ...
8 October 2018

10 top facts all about me and the writing of The Dream Wife, by Louisa de Lange

To celebrate the release of her debut book The Dream Wife, we got author Louisa de Lange to reveal 10 top facts all about her and the writing process that went into ...

8 October 2018

Why should female characters have to be likeable? by Amy Lloyd

I would say the comment I receive most frequently about The Innocent Wife is that Samantha got on a reader’s nerves. She’s been called insipid, charmless and annoying. People say, ...

6 October 2018

[EXCLUSIVE] Poets reveal their favourite bookshops and where they'll be on Bookshop Day 2018

To celebrate Bookshop Day today (October 6), we've got some exclusive quotes from poets on their favourite Bookshops, as well as where they'll be spending the day! Favourite: I absolutely love ...

5 October 2018

10 interesting facts author Stephen Llewelyn wants readers to know about him

To celebrate the release of his new book Survive, author Stephen Llewelyn has written up 10 interesting facts all about him he'd like readers to know. Find out what he ...

5 October 2018

10 things author D N Carter wants their readers to know about them

1. I am lucky to still be on this planet, having survived numerous helicopter crashes, termed euphemistically as ‘hard landings’, and walked away without a scratch. I was not the ...

4 October 2018

A philosophy for life: the importance of realising your potential

The answer to an enlightened, fulfilled life lies not in technology and modern creature comforts but in the teachings of a 3,000-year-old Sanskrit language, writes the acclaimed novelist, Ruchir Verma. ...

4 October 2018

A day in the life of author Pamela Holmes

Some early mornings, there’s a time when my body is still asleep but my mind is clear. I sneak from bed, fetch a tray of weak Earl Grey tea and ...

2 October 2018

Chart-topping author Kathryn Freeman talks of writing about Christmas in Spring

Writing a Christmas book is a joy. It doesn’t matter that outside the blossom is on the trees and the tulips are bending in the wind. It doesn’t matter that ...

28 September 2018

Love at first swipe? How to stay safe and secure when dating online

Online dating can be a fun and illuminating experience - if you know how to avoid its darker side that is. Here, the British dating expert Gareth Fosberry reveals his ...
27 September 2018

10 things I'd like my readers to know about me, by Jane Haynes

Jungian psychotherapist Jane Haynes today writes for Female First, letting her readers in on 10 things she'd like everybody to know about her! Check out what she had to reveal ...

27 September 2018

A day in the life of Amanda Prowse

I think one of the biggest luxuries in life is to wake up without an alarm clock and if I am not due to be somewhere like a TV studio ...

25 September 2018

Cristina Archer, author of The Peithosian Gift, on why the little things matter

Many years ago, during one of those provoking training courses that punctuated my professional career, the presenter offered a quote that helped me to recognize a key of my moral ...

25 September 2018

Are you a born innovator or adaptor? The contrasting styles of creativity and problem solving

Have you ever noticed when trying to solve a problem that sometimes using genuinely innovative thinking just seems to make the problem worse? That might be because the problem needs ...

25 September 2018

7 things you didn't know about King Edward VIII, by historian and author Ted Powell

King Edward VIII is best known for romantically giving up his throne in 1936 to marry Wallis Simpson, an American divorceé. But long before then he was making waves as ...

24 September 2018

10 things Margaret Lambert would like her readers to know about her

Margaret Lambert is marking the recent release of her new novel The Rufford Rose by writing an exclusive list of things for Female First, that she'd like all of her ...

22 September 2018

Little Women: The original girls' story, by Anne Boyd Rioux

Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott, is experiencing a bit of a heyday at the moment as its 150th anniversary approaches. The novel was first published on September 30, 1868. ...

21 September 2018

How to write a sex scene, by Johanna Jackson

Answering requests from friends and family to write something a little more edgy, I knew that Promises, Secrets, Danger needed to be different to my previous books. The ask was ...

21 September 2018

7 things I'd like my readers to know about me, by Marianne Holmes

Born in Cyprus to RAF parents, Marianna Holmes is a woman who spent her earlier years bouncing between the UK, Germany, Kuwait and Belgium, before finally basing herself in London, ...

19 September 2018

Writing away my demons

My name is Kelso Simon, I am an everyday working class guy born and raised in Leicester. They say life begins at 40. For me that sentiment appears to hold some truth. ...
18 September 2018

10 things I want my readers to know about me, by Martha Conway

To celebrate the recent release of her new novel The Floating Theatre, we asked author Martha Conway to let us in on 10 things she'd like all of her readers ...