Indy Book Fairy: No Rest for the Wicked

No Rest for the Wicked: Synopsis

When the Angels attack, there’s NO REST FOR THE WICKED.

Father Montgomery, an elderly priest with a secret past, begins to investigate after his parishioners come under attack, and with the help of Jones, a young businessman with an estranged child, Montgomery begins to track down the origin of the Angels.

The Angels are naked and androgynous. They speak in a dreadful harmony with no clear leader. These aren’t biblical cherubs tasked with the protection of the righteous – these are deadly creatures of light that have the power to completely eradicate.

When Jones himself is attacked, Father Montgomery knows he has to act fast. He speaks to the Angels and organises a final showdown where he’s asked to make the ultimate sacrifice.

Dane Cobain is a writer, poet and musician from a place you've probably never heard of, somewhere in England. When he's not writing books, he's reading and reviewing them on his book blog - SocialBookshelves.com - or working at his day job in social media marketing. Find him at Facebook.com/DaneCobainMusic or follow @DaneCobain on Twitter.

Describe your books in 3 words?

Dark alternative stuff!

If you could be any character from one of your books who would it be?

Father Montgomery from No Rest for the Wicked. He has his flaws, but he overcame them, and he’s a role model for everyone.

What is your greatest fear about being an author/publishing your book(s)?

That either nobody will read them or that loads of people will read them and that they’ll all hate them!

Would the 10 year-old version of yourself kick your butt or praise you for what you've accomplished in life?

I don’t think the two of us would recognise each other.

What do you do when you finish your book and turn it in to the editor?

I don’t really have a ritual – I just feel slightly relieved, maybe post a Facebook status and then start work on something else! I’ll finish the first round of revisions to my book of poetry tonight, in fact – probably won’t mention it. There’s your exclusive!

What is your favorite Genre and why?

That’s a difficult question to answer, because I don’t really stick to one genre. That said, I’ve been reading a lot of classic crime fiction (i.e. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie) of late, and I have an idea hatching for a detective novel boiling away…

What is one thing that would surprise us to know about you?

Ha! Oh dear. Well, about three months ago, someone spiked my drink with bleach. That was pretty surprising…

Was there an Author who inspired you to write?

I’m not sure about writing, because I think I kind of gave myself the buzz – what I will say, though, is that it was Terry Pratchett who inspired me to become a serious reader. I fell in love with the Discworld series in my early teens, and that was it for me. Although I did read a lot when I was younger, too.

How did you come up with the characters in your books?

I think that for me, the characters are usually dictated by the story line – in No Rest for the Wicked, for example, there was a basic need for a priest to face off with the Angels. That was the seed from which Father Montgomery grew – I just brainstormed ideas about what my priest should be like, and a lot of his back story grew out of that.

Do you prefer to write alone or do you like to collaborate with other authors?

Writing is a solitary activity, it’s hard to collaborate on the actual writing stage – however, that all changes when it comes to editing. Most of the editors that I know are also authors – for me, that helps a lot, because they take things much deeper. They don’t just edit the spelling and grammar – they check for inconsistencies and suggest potential plot developments that you might not otherwise have thought of.

Everyone uses computers, tablets, phones and no one uses handwritten form or typewriters, what do you prefer to use?

Up to this point, all of my fiction has been handwritten, but that’s going to change for my next novel because it just takes too much time. I do find that it helps you to get more absorbed in what you’re writing, though. I also keep a journal that I write by hand, and I write poetry by hand on my cigarette breaks at work. I sometimes make a few notes on my phone if I don’t have a notebook, but otherwise I don’t really use it. For writing, at least.

Fast Fairy Questions-(one word answers PLZ)

Apple or Windows?

Windows

Dog or Cat?

Dog

Pepsi or Coke?

Neither

Facebook or Twitter?

Facebook

Summer or Winter?

Winter

Fairies or Angels?