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I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but I'm head-over-heels for a good retelling. Any era, any genre. Just make sure that it's good.  I have Angie Thompson here with us today, and she's the author of Bridgers , which is a modernized retelling of The Good Samaritan that was very well done and I highly recommend. My only qualm is that it should have been two books, as the story climaxed in the middle. All the same, lovely, lovely story, and I really liked her take. And now she's going to talk about bringing stories into the modern era. Angie Thomson Christian/Contemporary Author of Bridgers: A Parable  Website ~ Blog ~ Amazon ~ Goodreads So, I’m here today to talk about modernized retellings. After all, I’ve written one, so I must be an expert, right? *ahem* Yeah, let’s go with that. Or, I could admit right off the bat that I’ve never read a book, attended a workshop, or skimmed a blog post on how to write a modernized retelling. I wr...

And welcome to today. And I do mean today, as we are dealing with contemporary, the genre of the here and now. Don't forget, we have a word war going down - so be keeping track of your writing! The person who leaves the most comments across ALL of the Indie e-Con posts will win a special prize package. If you leave a review on the book of any Indie e-Con author THIS WEEK on your blog or on Goodreads,  you can enter it towards another giveaway. Sharing the posts via social media (Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, ect.) gives you a chance to enter for MORE prizes! Don't forget to  vote in the Book Awards ! I have a couple authors here to put in their word, and then we'll plunge into all the lovely articles! Why do you write Contemporary? Angie Thomson: I write contemporary because it’s the setting that fit the story I believe the Lord gave me! As corny as that sounds, it’s true; the story came to me as a contemporary, so that’s the way it was written. I’ve never...