Going Vintage Blog Tour: Interview and Giveaway

So, the Going Vintage Blog Twas supposed to stop by Word Spelunking last week, but after some technical difficulties we had to reschedule...but I'm so excited to have Lindsey Leavitt stopping by today for a fun chat! Plus, I'm giving away four signed bookmarks...

by Linsdey Leavitt

3/26/13

Bloomsbury

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When Mallory’s boyfriend, Jeremy, cheats on her with an online girlfriend, Mallory decides the best way to de-Jeremy her life is to de-modernize things too. Inspired by a list of goals her grandmother made in1962, Mallory swears off technology and returns to a simpler time (when boyfriends couldn’t cheat with computer avatars). The List:
1. Run for pep club secretary
2. Host a fancy dinner party/soiree
3. Sew a dress for Homecoming
4. Find a steady
5. Do something dangerous
But simple proves to be crazy-complicated, and the details of the past begin to change Mallory’s present. Add in a too-busy grandmother, a sassy sister, and the cute pep-club president–who just happens to be her ex’s cousin–and soon Mallory begins to wonder if going vintage is going too far.

What three words best describe GOING VINTAGE?

Fun, fancy, free

Can you give us your best one sentence pitch to convince readers why they should give GOING VINTAGE a try (c'mon, really sell it!)?

Inside these pages, you will find the secret of life, the fountain of youth, the recipe for love, and the… the… other cool stuff.

Grab a copy of GOING VINTAGE and answer the following?

Favorite chapter?

 Chapter 17, but only because that is my favorite number

Favorite page? 

The last one. It took me awhile to get there.

Favorite character? 

You are making me choose between my children. Fine. Ginnie.

Flip to a random page and give us a 1 sentence teaser:

“I like to lie sometimes. You should know that about me.”

Your character Mallory sets out to achieve a list of goals made by her grandmother...if you could send teenage Lindsey a list of three goals/bucket list items to complete before leaving high school (things you didn't get to do as a teen, but wanted to), what would the list consist of?

1. Ask a boy out. 2. Stop tying a sweatshirt around your waist. Your butt isn’t big, it’s fabulous. 2 ½ Do all that honor society and student council stuff because it helps others, not for your college resume. 3. Grow out your bangs.

If your character Mallory had her own custom made signature nail polish color, what would it look like and what would it be called? What would the Lindsey Leavitt inspired nail polish look like?

Mallory: Ravishing Red, or some such color that would have been popular in the sixties. Me: Golden Nugget. I love gold glitter gel nails. They are my signature (or I just made them such)

Fill in the blanks:

I'm really awesome at 

BLOG INTERVIEWS

I'm really embarrassed to admit that 

I STILL HAVEN’T READ THE BOOK THEIF

My first literary crush (author or character) was

 ALMANZO WILDER. Farm boys are hot

If you were to create and bake a cupcake inspired by GOING VINTAGE, what would it look and taste like, and what would you call it?

Maraschino cherry with cool whip. Because nothing says early sixties like maraschino cherries.

Lindsey Leavitt
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Lindsey Leavitt is a former elementary school teacher and present day writer/mom to three (mostly) adorable little girls. She is married to her high school lab partner and lives in Las Vegas. She is the author of the PRINCESS FOR HIRE series (www.princessforhire.com), SEAN GRISWOLD'S HEAD and GOING VINTAGE

Win a signed Going Vintage Bookmark!

I have four bookmarks signed by Lindsey Leavitt to give away...

-I will send these anywhere (open INT)

-There will be 4 winners

-giveaway ends 4/21 at 3pm EST

To enter simply leave a comment on this post with your email address or Twitter handle (some way for me to contact you) and the answer to the following:

What one goal/bucket list item would you tell your teen self to do?!

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