…with Gary Moss

Over the years I have done so many different things related to scrabble. First and foremost, I have been a player at clubs and tournaments, But, I have never been one who could merely sit back and be a participant. I love to take charge, create, and produce. I was a relative ‘newbie’ myself when I formed a scrabble club of my own and before I knew it I was producing and directing tournaments too.

Being a teacher by profession, I utilized a number of study techniques to develop my personal regimen to move myself up in the ranks of players. Then I developed study tools to help other scrabble players do the same.

Along the way I like to think that I was an innovator and encouraged others by my personal example, to be creative in planning scrabble tournaments and cruises.

For the past several years I have settled in at Laguna Woods, California and have localized my sphere of influence in Orange County, CA. and southern California.

However, the internet has provided a gateway to touch others across the country and around the world. My web sites: scrabblesense.com ; just4thespellofit.com and wordgifts.net have been clicked by strangers both near and far, creating a networking dimension that I could never have imagined.

Last year, a couple from El Paso, Texas (home scrabble players) decided to take a ‘scrabbl-vacation’. They found me on the internet; they had never played at a club or a tournament. They booked themselves at a hotel in Orange County, then came for a week, making scrabble the focus of their vacation. I greeted them in the lobby of their hotel and provided them with a condensed version of my 5-Week Class, ‘SCRABBLE 101′. They attended local clubs and, as a finale, they played at a 1st Sunday Tournament where they each earned a rating number.

A few months ago a lady from Oceanside, CA. found an article about me in a local newspaper. She has a daughter who will be celebrating a special birthday. She thought that it would be unique to do something for her daughter in relation to scrabble. She called me with one idea and we brainstormed to find something that would be both fun and doable. Next week I will drive down to Oceanside and provide a mini-class for a group of 5 kitchen-table scrabble players. I will share some of the ’7 secrets of Scrabble Champions’. We’ll have lunch together and play a bit of scrabble after that.

Even though I live in southern California, I am open to helping you, your friends, and your community create opportunities to build your scrabble skills. During the end of August I will be on a road trip beginning in Detroit, Michigan and ending in southern California. If you are somewhere between those two pin-points, and you want a ‘scrabble-intervention’, call me and we’ll see what we can do for you: (949) 510-1673.