True or False

Q. Marcia sent out 113 manuscripts to publishers before finally being published.

A. False-Marcia never sent out one manuscript.

Q. Marcia took the photos used to create the cover for The Visions of Ransom Lake.

A. True-An artist used Marcia’s photos of a local ( Ferndale , Washington ) pumpkin patch and cemetery to create the cover for The Visions of Ransom Lake.

Q. Marcia once made a “Distractions” trivia game for her friend for Christmas, complete with game board and game pieces.

A. True

Q. Before being published, Marcia used “lips” as her logo.

A. True

Q. Marcia finds the names for her heroes and heroines by going to the library and looking at the spines of books on the library shelves.

A. False-Marcia uses her imagination, ‘baby name books’ for first names and the white pages for last names.

Q. Before being published, famed author Orson Scott Card once endeavored to swing a deal with Marcia to publish her stories.

A. True

Q. Dusty Britches is the most frequently re-ordered book of all Marcia Lynn McClure book titles.

A. False-The Visions of Ransom Lake is the most frequently re-ordered book.

Q. Marcia wrote Weathered Too Young in one day as a birthday gift for her friend, Sandy.

A. True

Multiple Choice

Nine years ago at a party for friends to celebrate the completion of Sudden Storms (then only in manuscript form), which four items were available to purchase (using play money received at the door) at the “Distractions” store?

1. Michael McCall’s “already-been-chewed” toothpicks, strips of Jackson McCall’s torn shirt, party attendee’s photo with a local Albuquerque boy (who dressed up like a handsome cowboy for the occasion), and strips of freshly fried bacon.
2. Whale bone from Malaina’s corset, cake-batter-splattered strips of Brevan McLean’s shirt, the razor Vaden used to shave Ransom, pralines like the ones Ransom left on Vaden’s doorstep.
3. Copies of Mason’s poetry to Cassidy, a piece of cloth with the upside down Evan’s boys brand, official “Distractions” bookmarks announcing the finish of Sudden Storms, one of Ryder Maddox’s hat.

(ANSWER a.)

Which Donny Osmond song inspired Marcia to write the scene in Dusty Britches where Ryder tells Dusty he likes a certain something about her walk?

a.       Puppy Love

b.      I’m Your Puppet

c.       Sweet and Innocent

d.      Hey, Girl

(ANSWER c.)

Marcia received her first “real” kiss when she was…

a.       16

b.      14

c.       12

d.      17

(ANSWER c. Wow!)

Which actors’ voices appeared in Marcia’s mind as the hero’s voice when she was writing, The Visions of Ransom Lake?

a.       Kurt Russell

b.      Tom Selleck

c.       Sam Elliott

d.      Mel Gibson

(ANSWER c.)

Which hero seems to show up the most in the dreams (vocalized confessions) of Marcia’s readers?

a.       Mason Carlisle

b.      Brevan McLean

c.       Slater Evans

d.      Brant Masterson

(ANSWER b.)

Which hero do readers most often label their over all favorite?

a.       Brevan McLean

b.      Jackson McCall

c.       Mason Carlisle

d.      Ransom Lake

(ANSWER d.)

Marcia was how old when she first met her own dream hero-come-to-life, Kevin?

a.       18

b.      19

c.       21

d.      17

(ANSWER d.)

Marcia’s favorite Elvis song is…

a.       Teddy Bear

b.      Loving You

c.       Love Me

d.      Blue Suede Shoes

(ANSWER c.)