Ringing in the new year with Tiffany Romigh and a book giveaway

**Giveaway is now closed**

With 2012 coming to an end, we have reached our last interview for the year. That honor goes to Tiffany Romigh, who is here to talk about her debut novel, Elasticity, which is about three women trying to make some self-improvements and ditch old habits before their 10 year reunion...and they only have one month. What better book to read while working on our New Year's resolutions, right?

Tiffany's career has taken a shift from PR to becoming a novelist. Until recently, she worked as the Vice President of Edelman Public Relations in NYC, and served additionally as a Creative Consultant for the agency-at-large. Prior to her position at Edelman, she owned a fashion and beauty PR agency, worked at LVMH Group as the copywriter for beauty line Hard Candy Cosmetics and was an award-winning advertising copywriter at international agencies including Deutsch, Ogilvy & Mather and J. Walter Thompson, working on campaigns such as DeBeers, IKEA, Jaguar, Red Bull, Adidas and NFL on FOX. She is no stranger to writing though. Outside of PR and advertising, Tiffany has written for several fashion websites and brands. In addition, she served as a wardrobe stylist for a syndicated talk show on CBS and studied comedy at The Second City. Tiffany currently lives in Austin, Texas.

If you want to know more about this fashionable, fascinating and friendly woman, you can find her at Facebook, Twitter and her website!

Tiffany is here to say goodbye to 2012 and ring in a bright 2013 full of fabulous new (and current) authors. To do so, she has FIVE paperbacks of Elasticity for some lucky readers in the US and Canada.


First off, tell us about your awesome book, Elasticity, and what inspired you to write it…
Thank you for the compliment. As for the inspiration for the book, I’ve always been fascinated by this idea of how people find moderation and middle ground amongst all the extremes we’re bombarded with – and in my own life, especially in my younger days, it was hard to get to that middle ground. I also needed a place to put some of the that-can’t-possibly-have-really-happened moments in my life, and this worked perfectly!

Walking down 7th Avenue South one cold, cold morning, it just gelled. Maybe I’ll go back to that sidewalk when I get writer’s block…

How did you decide to write Chick Lit?
I think it picked me, and not the other way around. It’s a funny thing, isn’t it, how the writing voices inside us are formed… and I suppose that just through incidence and experience, this is what mine wanted to be. I’m not sure if it’s this way for other writers, I just know that it comes out the way it wants to come out, no matter what. I’m just happy that it fits into a category that I’m proud of.

Which of the three women in Elasticity do you relate to the most?
There are pieces of me in every single character in the book, even the male ones, but I suppose if I have to pick one, the character of Brooke, the woman who has an issue with shopping and just wants to feel special would probably be the closest. She gets herself into lots of humorous situations and has a rather renegade approach to getting out of them and, I must say, I’ve done some of those things. I’ll leave it to you to guess which ones.

The other thing is, a novel is a wonderful opportunity to explore the “what-ifs” without actually having to live them: What if I spent all my money… Couldn’t control my binges… Etc… I got a version of my very own cautionary tale, and was allowed to do it through three people and didn’t have to pick up the pieces.

If Elasticity were made into a movie, who would star as Brooke, Whitney and Tripp?
I’ll give you the best and worst answer: We’re working on a film version right now, and when I can tell you about it, I will. It’s very exciting, though.

What is your favorite holiday themed movie?
Love, Actually. The scene with Keira Knightly at the door, and the character talking to her through the giant note cards kills me.

What is your favorite New Year's Eve memory?
This will sound terribly square, but if the shoe fits… I never go out on New Year’s Eve. I did spend one New Year’s in Sydney, and it was kind of cool being on the other side of the world, but I’m still quite certain I went to bed at eight.

Did you keep any of your New Year's Resolutions for 2012 and do you have any new ones for 2013?
I never make resolutions, although I do usually have a lot of hopes, and this year is no exception. Let’s check back in twelve months and I’ll give you the thumbs-up or down. 2012 was a big thumbs-up.

How will you be ringing in 2013?
If I’m lucky, and I do feel that way – and fortunate, blessed, and full of gratitude – I’ll do it like this: with a glass of champagne and an early night, surrounded by people that I love.

Special thanks to Tiffany for a fun chat and for sharing her book with our readers.

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US/Canada only. Giveaway ends January 2nd at midnight EST