Book News (and other fun stuff!!): February 15th, 2013

Here’s my roundup of bookish news from around the web for the week! Sometimes I add stuff throughout the day on Friday, so be sure you check back over the weekend too!

Interviews/Guest Posts/Articles:

• I interviewed Peter Clines, author of Ex-Heroes , Guy Gavriel Kay, and Betsy Dornbusch at SF Signal!
• Chuck Wendig is interviewed by Patrick Hester on the SF Signal Podcast!
• The Qwillery interviewed Juliet Dark, author of The Fairwick Chronicles
• The MIND MELD at SF Signal this week is on Book Recommendations for Teens!
• For Valentine’s Day, Crime Fiction Lover has their Top 5 Mysteries to Love!
• John DeNardo (of SF Signal) gives us Part 2 of his Steampunk Update at Kirkus!
• Get a load of the gorgeous cover of Ann Aguirre’s upcoming Bronze Gods, the first novel of her Apparatus Infernum series (April 30th)——->
• Author Myke Cole talks about the piece of armor that changed his life at Tor.com
• Betsy Dornbusch, author of EXILE, talks about sex over at the Night Bazaar!
• Valentine’s Day is over, but The Mary Sue had a fun list of geeky valentines!
• You can win some pretty epic Sherlock Holmes art at Criminal Element! (Ends 2/21)
• I’m over at Crime Fiction Lover today talking about serial killers in fiction!
• It’s Asteroid Day, and Sara N. of Stellar Four declares her love for the movie Armageddon. I’m in awe of her bravery!

Excerpts:

• You can read a LONG excerpt of THREE GRAVES FULL by Jamie Mason!
• Criminal Element has an excerpt of A GOOD DEATH by Christopher R. Cox
• Read an exclusive excerpt of EX-HEROES by Peter Clines at SF Signal
• Read ANGEL SEASON by J.T. Petty at Tor.com
• Mystery lovers: Read an excerpt of THE SOUND OF BROKEN GLASS by Deborah Crombie!

News :

• Exhibit A Books, Angry Robot Books’s new crime imprint, just posted the covers of their first four releases!
• ATTN Writers! World Weaver Press is looking for #SF Fiction submissions! Here’s the scoop!
• Author Guy Adams, along with Jimmy Broxton, are working on a very cool comics project, and they need your help, so head over to Kickstarter and pitch in!
• Orbit Books has announced the acquisition of the bestselling self-published Shadowdance fantasy series by David Dalglish!
• Some awesome news from Marianne de Pierres! Her YA novel, BURN BRIGHT will soon be available in the US, and you can sign up to be in her VIP Club for the book release! So go! Do this now!