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AMA (Tuesday noon, April 28): Mike Selinker, your 2015 ENnie Awards host, ex-D&D creative director, and creator of the RPG/card game hybrid Apocrypha
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<blockquote data-quote="in2trial" data-source="post: 6603482" data-attributes="member: 6794662"><p>Hey Mike! I just picked up your "Puzzle Craft" book yesterday and am very excited to get started on creating word puzzles. I have had an idea of wanting to create puzzles for a while, but not sure where to start, so I am looking forward to working my way through the book.</p><p></p><p>Questions for you:</p><p>What tools are best to have, to set up to create puzzles? (For Example - Computer with Excel, Notebook, Pens, etc.)</p><p>Besides Excel/Word, do you use any other programs to assist with the work?</p><p>I can see where Excel would be great to make a word search, but how do you create the answer key with the circling?</p><p>What are some of the most helpful websites you use to assist in creating the actual puzzle, assisting with word lists, etc.?</p><p>Do you carry a journal around to be able to write down puzzle ideas (types of puzzles, word list themes, starting to compile word lists)? How do you organize your journal?</p><p>Do you keep a log on the computer to assist on when a new puzzle was created, if/when it was used in a publication? Do you keep a separate file for each puzzle created?</p><p>Any general tips for someone wanting to start creating puzzles?</p><p></p><p>Thank you very much!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="in2trial, post: 6603482, member: 6794662"] Hey Mike! I just picked up your "Puzzle Craft" book yesterday and am very excited to get started on creating word puzzles. I have had an idea of wanting to create puzzles for a while, but not sure where to start, so I am looking forward to working my way through the book. Questions for you: What tools are best to have, to set up to create puzzles? (For Example - Computer with Excel, Notebook, Pens, etc.) Besides Excel/Word, do you use any other programs to assist with the work? I can see where Excel would be great to make a word search, but how do you create the answer key with the circling? What are some of the most helpful websites you use to assist in creating the actual puzzle, assisting with word lists, etc.? Do you carry a journal around to be able to write down puzzle ideas (types of puzzles, word list themes, starting to compile word lists)? How do you organize your journal? Do you keep a log on the computer to assist on when a new puzzle was created, if/when it was used in a publication? Do you keep a separate file for each puzzle created? Any general tips for someone wanting to start creating puzzles? Thank you very much! [/QUOTE]
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