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November 6, 2007

David Diebold's New Site

David Diebold has a new web-site called MyCrosswordSite.com. I quickly added it to my puzzle links when I noticed it had free, printable, (almost daily) quality, themed crossword puzzles. I emailed him asking if he could tell us a little about himself and his new site. He very graciously responded:

I grew up in Pittsburgh and now live in Tampa.

I started constructing puzzles in the 1970's as a teenager using plain old grid paper. My grandfather loved crosswords and sports. I spent an entire summer creating large sports themed grids. He really enjoyed them. I then stopped, until, I found crossword software (no more puzzles by hand).

In the mid 1990's I started creating puzzles based on Books of the Bible. I spent several years creating 21x21 themed puzzles. Most of the puzzles were 100% themed (every clue was part of a bible verse).

I stopped creating puzzles until the last few years, when I discovered the Cruciverb website. I decided to try to get a puzzle published. The very first puzzle I submitted was approved by Tribune Media Services (I thought this was easy). I soon learned, the puzzle business was very competitive (my next dozen puzzles were rejected). I have had success submitting puzzles to Games Magazine. I have had 3 puzzles in that publication.

I also create puzzles for a sports site that I own (www.SteelerCrosswords.com)

I provide puzzles to www.BestCrosswords.com where I am one of the more popular contributors. I also own another site www.DavesCrosswords.com. From that site, I have been getting quite a few people requesting personalized puzzles for birthdays, anniversaries, etc.

As far as my new site, I thought it would be a neat challenge to use my JAVA programming skills to create a site for constructors and solvers. Constructors who register are provided with tools to upload puzzles to a Personal Puzzle Page and also track submissions to publishers. Solvers are able to view and solve puzzles from various constructors. I am looking forward to adding more features as I get the opportunity to improve the site.

Thanks for sharing with us, Dave. Also, thanks for the great site. I've never tried to construct a puzzle myself, but someday I'm going to try. I'll be going to you first for advice...

Also, good luck to your Steelers. They looked pretty good last night. Perhaps, if my Vikings can play as well as they did last Sunday for the rest of the season, we can meet you in the Super Bowl again.

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