Congratulations to the 2022 Winners of our #NovelStarts contest! First-place in the Historical category: A Faraway Place by Carol Heilman First-place in the Speculative category: Restoration by Catherine Goonen First-place in the Mystery/Suspense category: The Empty Nesters by Jen Dodrill Grand Prize (Contemporary category): Welcome to Pemberly Ranch by Wendy Klopfenstein Congratulations to the 2022 […]
November 2022 Reader Challenge
Time. It keeps pushing us forward. Except in time slip and dual time stories. Those take characters to other times, often the past, where they see life the way it used to be and learn from those who came before. Often, November is a time for us to consider where we’ve come from to […]
Black Friday 2022 Sale
Scrivenings Press is having a Black Friday sale from November 24-28, 2022. The Kindle eBook editions of nearly ALL of our books will be just 99 Cents! It’s time to load your Kindle!
October 2022 Reader Challenge
Mystery. Mayhem. Murder. No month is better than October at tapping into our desires to search out the unexplainable and take joy things that scare us. Though comfort levels differ when dealing with things that go bump in the night, with titles ranging from cozy mysteries to romantic suspense and mystery, there’s bound to […]
Love in Any Season Scavenger Hunt
Join the Love in Any Season Social Media Scavenger Hunt! Collect all 15 clues to complete the phrase. Submit the phrase to enter the drawing. CLUE #4 IS “OF.” If you’ve missed a clue, check out one of these websites where an updated list of clue links and the link to entry submission can be found. Contest […]
September 2022 Reader Challenge
Colored leaves. Cooler temps. Earth-tones décor. When September arrives, we look for a reprieve from the summer heat and gradually get into the swing of fall activities. School. Football. And all things pumpkin spice. Although you don’t have to read a Scrivenings Press/Expanse Books title to qualify for this month’s challenge, we hope you will. […]
August 2022 Reader Challenge
Sword fights. Wizard wars. Fairy tales. Dystopian wastelands. Whether you want to fight a mythical creature or overthrow an oppressive, corrupt government, speculative fiction can take you to worlds of wonder. Nearly all speculative stories have a theme about good versus evil. Although you don’t have to read a Scrivenings Press/Expanse Books title to qualify […]
Book Cover Design: It’s a Process
This morning, I received an email from Clean Fiction Magazine informing me that one of our books, The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes by Dawn Ford, had won second-place in their Autumn 2022 Cover Art Contest. That’s pretty exciting, especially since this was basically a “readers’ choice” type of award, with the winners selected […]