Books

8 September 2019

10 Things I’d like my readers to know about me by Adrienne Young

I had my birth chart done a few years ago and was totally amazed by how accurate it was, down to major events in my life. Fall is my favorite ...

5 September 2019

Mistresses of Mystery: Seven best female crime writers of all time

Here at Female First we love to highlight the achievements of women in male-dominated worlds. In this case, we're looking at some of the greatest female crime writers of all time, ...

Books

5 September 2019

Around Every Corner- a short story by Adele Parks

Her ex, Tom, was having the kids for the weekend. Everyone said it’d be good to have time to herself, but she doubted this. She knew she’d miss their noise ...

5 September 2019

10 Things I'd like my readers to know about me by Elizabeth MacDonald

My first love was music. I studied it at the conservatory (piano and singing) and at university. But in my early twenties I moved abroad and the experience knocked me ...

5 September 2019

My top 10 spies in books by Asia Mackay

I can remember the exact moment I thought it would be cool to be an assassin. It was seeing Lucy Liu as the cut-throat O-ren Ishii strutting along a corridor ...

Surviving and Thriving on the Single Parent Journey

4 September 2019

Top tips for survival as a single parent

My husband left me unexpectedly. I still remember how I felt as I watched him pick up his bags and walk out the front door. During the first weeks, months ...

4 September 2019

Seven things I'd like my readers to know about me by Lara Prescott

My parents named me Lara after one of their favorite novels and films Doctor Zhivago. When I was a child, I used to wind-up my mother’s musical jewelry box again ...

3 September 2019

Why everyone should go on a blind date by Stephanie Tumba

A blind date can be terrifying, it’s the kind of date where you do not know the last name and maybe not even the first name; you cannot search their ...

3 September 2019

Bianca Best’s transformational six steps to maximum impact without burnout

Amazon best-selling author, tech-preneur, global media industry leader, mother of 4 and insuppressibly alpha female, Bianca Best, provides an effective six step plan to redefine success and find both personal ...

3 September 2019

Hannah Pearl discusses writing with M.E.

As Hannah Pearls' debut novel appears on bookshop shelves, she talks to us of writing - and reading - with M.E. ... I’ve always loved books. One of my first ...

3 September 2019

Author Ray Griffiths shares the inspiration for his new book Depression

When Ray Griffiths suffered a brain injury it inspired in him a lifelong mission to discover how we can best nurture and support our brain health, in order to lead ...

depression

2 September 2019

How to nurture your child’s creativity by Serena Hassan

I had two main ambitions when I was growing up. The first one was to become a published children’s book author. It all started when my mother gave me a ...

1 September 2019

Life in Scotland by Sophia Wasiak Butler

It is supposed that the Romans called Scotland ‘Caledonia’ because of it’s harsh, rocky landscape. However, when I think of Scotland, an incredibly rich caleidoscope begins; I watch my feet ...

1 September 2019

Sylvia Day’s top 10 romance recommendations

(Gollancz, £9.99) Raphael, the Archangel of New York, is the most dangerous hero I’ve ever had the pleasure to meet. Only Singh could bring such an amazing man to life, ...

1 September 2019

My top tips for writing gripping crime fiction by Jade Nicole-Bracken

Having retired from a long career as a chartered surveyor, Jade Nicole-Bracken now lives in South Yorkshire. The Ring’s List is the author’s inaugural novel. Here, they share their inspiration ...

29 August 2019

Crossing out, crossing over: On lists and identity by Livia Franchini

I began learning to read when I was three. I was no child prodigy, and by any rate there was no need to start me off at such an early ...

27 August 2019

My top seven tips for small talk by Gill Hasson

By Gill Hasson, author of Communication: How to Connect with Anyone Small talk can lead to big things! Small talk is simply about connecting; to come across as an approachable, ...

27 August 2019

As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death… by Niaby Codd

I would like to start this article by letting you know that it has not been an easy journey that brings me here. Opening up to my connection with spirit ...

25 August 2019

10 Things I'd like my readers to know about me by Natasha Carthew

I was born and raised in a council house by the sea on the south coast of Cornwall and have always taken inspiration from my homeland. I left school at ...

22 August 2019

Five things I’d like my readers to know about my detective Esa Khattak

I have a penchant for handsome, brooding detectives, my favourite being Ngaio Marsh’s Inspector Alleyn, so I decided to write my own. Esa broods with the best of them—partly because ...

22 August 2019

Tami Hoag discusses her new book The Boy

It depends on the book and the setting, but I usually do have something of a playlist, a soundtrack for the story. For the books set in South Louisiana, that's ...

22 August 2019

10 Things I'd like my readers to know about me by Kathryn Hughes

I have always wanted to write a book but I haven’t always wanted to be an author. I didn’t realise that once I’d written one book, I would be persuaded ...

21 August 2019

10 Things I'd like my readers to know about me by Joanna Courtney

I wanted to be a writer from a very early age and wrote my first novel at ten – a doubtless torturous boarding school book, a la Enid Blyton, about ...

21 August 2019

A day in the life of me by Sara Alexander

I am not a creature of habit. Not withstanding my daily ritual of morning coffee making, without which I am a witchy mother and wife, and not the spicy sage ...