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Follow on Google News |  Half Price Offer on Novel Inspired by Life of Victor HugoSpecial offer to anticipate release of "Les Miserables" film.
By: Margaret Pritchard Houston Like many teenagers, Margaret Pritchard Houston was a big fan of the musical Les Miserables, the film version of which is due to hit American theatres on Christmas Day and the UK in January of 2013. Unlike most teenagers, however, her obsession led her to write a trilogy, entitled A Merry Requiem, based on the life of Victor Hugo, Les Mis’ author. “I wrote it first when I was about fifteen,” Houston says. “Then rewrote it four times over the course of my twenties. I figure Hugo took thirty years to write Les Mis, so my taking half that on A Merry Requiem is pretty good!” The first part of A Merry Requiem is published by Smashwords, and is now available as a multi-format ebook on the Smashwords website (http://www.smashwords.com/ Renamed Philippe Etienne, Houston’s protagonist is sometimes difficult to like. “Yeah, he can be a tosser,” Houston admits. “There are times when I’m writing him and getting very disapproving. But he’s sympathetic because he’s trying to figure out what the moral thing to do is, even if that involves over-thinking and acting self-destructively. In the first book, he has to decide, ‘okay, if I do what I think is the right thing, I hurt people I love.’ I think we can all feel for him there.” From now until January 13th, readers can download A Merry Requiem for only $0.99 by entering coupon code FW74R at checkout. The offer only applies to downloads from the Smashwords website. “Houston has delved deep into history to show how human emotion remains constant,” says Cathy McLeod of Booktaste.com. “This extremely readable novel [is] a five-star read.” About Smashwords Founded in 2008, Smashwords operates the world’s leading ebook publishing and distribution platform serving authors, publishers, readers and retailers. Smashwords makes it free and easy for the world’s authors and publishers to publish and distribute their books as multi-format ebooks. Smashwords puts authors and publishers in control over the pricing, sampling and distribution of their works. Authors and publishers receive up to 85 percent of the net proceeds from sales of their works. Smashwords has distribution relationships with leading online retailers such as Apple, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Sony and Diesel eBooks, and leading mobile e-reading apps including Aldiko, Stanza, Kobo, FBReader and Word-Player, spanning all major mobile platforms. Smashwords is based in Los Gatos, California, and can be reached on the web at http://www.smashwords.com/ About Margaret Pritchard Houston Originally from Connecticut, Margaret now lives in East London. Her poetry and fiction have appeared in Prime Number, On Earth as It Is, Floorboard Review, Clean Sheets, Interrobang, The Monarch Review, The Mom Egg, and Fourth River. In 2008, her play, Alexander, received four-star reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. As a children’s worker in the church of England, she writes regularly for Diocesan and national audiences, and has a non-fiction book, There is a Season: celebrating the church year with children, coming out with SPCK in the spring of 2013. Contact: margaret.p.houston@ +44 7855 414 768 End
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