Helen Redfern

This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. I didn't get far into the novel One Night in Italy by Lucy Diamond before my mouth started to water. In fact, it was on page 15. I read it, marked the page with a sticky note and thought: Right. That's what I'm … [Read more...] about Feasting on Romantic Comedy – Mozzarella and Tomato Salad from One Night in Italy by Lucy Diamond

This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. One of the nicest smells in the world has to be the smell of baking. Cake or bread baking in the oven is just glorious and makes you feel safe, warm and hugged.  Park meets Eleanor on the school bus. He wasn't keen on … [Read more...] about Feasting on Romantic Comedy – Vanilla Drenched Sponge Cake from Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. We used to live next door to an allotment. Men would come on their day off and hoe weeds, dig rows and rows of soil, plant seeds and add manure from the farmer who brought it up in his tractor and trailor. It was, looking back, … [Read more...] about Feasting on Romantic Comedy – Toffee Apples from Ivy Lane: Autumn by Cathy Bramley