From the Publisher The Spawater Chronicles are either serious books with added comedy or comedic tomes poking fun at the pomposity of the serious. We are not sure which. You decide!
April 13, 2007 (Press Release) --
Some authors release one book at a time. New author Barry Tighe is releasing three! The first three volumes of the seven-part series, The Spawater Chronicles, are available from Amazon (www.amazon.com) and publishers Can Write Will Write (www.canwritewillwrite.com) from April.
It seems the topicality of the books persuaded the publishers to issue the three simultaneously, something never before tried in the world of publishing. Set in the old Roman town of Spawater, book one concerns factory farms, book two, identity cards and big-brother surveillance, and in book three the town sees the opening of a government-approved supercasino.
Busy writing book four about the opening of a nuclear power station in the outskirts of Spawater, Barry took time off to mention his surprise at his series suddenly becoming so topical.
“I knew supercasinos are in the news but the coincidence of the anti-road tax petition and the factory farms scare have left me gob smacked. All three subjects are in my books and on the front page.”
Barry, living in London, has been writing The Spawater Chronicles for the past four years and submitted his work to many publishers in that time before obtaining a seven-book deal with publishers Can Write Will Write
“I have a list of rejections as long as your arm,” he said, “but my advice to any budding writers out there is not to give up. Have confidence in your work and one day you may see it in print.”
brief author bio: Author Barry Tighe is not a Roman, though he has met a few, and
does not come from Spawater.
He discovered the ancient town by accident when he fell asleep on a train
from Paddington. Noting how people were paid in cash for painting
themselves silver and standing stock-still in the town centre, he decided
that such a career in Spawater amongst the Romans was far more interesting
than his previous life as an information technology instructor.
Accordingly he joined the Spawater Gladiators' supporters club, bought a
toga and told the boss what he could do with his IT job.
And has been starving ever since.
Over two thousand years ago the Romans came, saw and conquered Britain.
They stayed for a few hundred years, give or take, until rising Villa
prices, the ferociousness of the local lions and the quality of home brewed
wine convinced them to take all roads back to Rome.
No Romans remained. Britain, both sides of Hadrian's Wall, became a
Roman-free zone.
Except....
There was one little town where the Roman bugle-song anthem of retreat,
'Legitus Quickitus', was not heard. One town where the Romans and the
locals, ears full of soap, were so busy splashing around together they
missed the thunder of the departing last night chariots of fire. And as
there were no cabs due for another 15 hundred years - and that's if you
believe the cab office - the town's Romans decided to stay.
The Spawater Chronicles are their story.
It seems the topicality of the books persuaded the publishers to issue the three simultaneously, something never before tried in the world of publishing. Set in the old Roman town of Spawater, book one concerns factory farms, book two, identity cards and big-brother surveillance, and in book three the town sees the opening of a government-approved supercasino.
Busy writing book four about the opening of a nuclear power station in the outskirts of Spawater, Barry took time off to mention his surprise at his series suddenly becoming so topical.
“I knew supercasinos are in the news but the coincidence of the anti-road tax petition and the factory farms scare have left me gob smacked. All three subjects are in my books and on the front page.”
Barry, living in London, has been writing The Spawater Chronicles for the past four years and submitted his work to many publishers in that time before obtaining a seven-book deal with publishers Can Write Will Write
“I have a list of rejections as long as your arm,” he said, “but my advice to any budding writers out there is not to give up. Have confidence in your work and one day you may see it in print.”
brief author bio: Author Barry Tighe is not a Roman, though he has met a few, and
does not come from Spawater.
He discovered the ancient town by accident when he fell asleep on a train
from Paddington. Noting how people were paid in cash for painting
themselves silver and standing stock-still in the town centre, he decided
that such a career in Spawater amongst the Romans was far more interesting
than his previous life as an information technology instructor.
Accordingly he joined the Spawater Gladiators' supporters club, bought a
toga and told the boss what he could do with his IT job.
And has been starving ever since.
Over two thousand years ago the Romans came, saw and conquered Britain.
They stayed for a few hundred years, give or take, until rising Villa
prices, the ferociousness of the local lions and the quality of home brewed
wine convinced them to take all roads back to Rome.
No Romans remained. Britain, both sides of Hadrian's Wall, became a
Roman-free zone.
Except....
There was one little town where the Roman bugle-song anthem of retreat,
'Legitus Quickitus', was not heard. One town where the Romans and the
locals, ears full of soap, were so busy splashing around together they
missed the thunder of the departing last night chariots of fire. And as
there were no cabs due for another 15 hundred years - and that's if you
believe the cab office - the town's Romans decided to stay.
The Spawater Chronicles are their story.
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