Claire Theriot Mestepey’s love affair with word games and word searches has been going on for as long as she can remember. Then about a few years ago, Claire had a novel idea to create a book that combined both coloring and word searches in one game. She immediately got to work to ensure this idea came into fruition. After a lot of trials and mostly errors, Whimsy Word Search was born.
Whimsy Word Search debuted with two never-seen-before puzzle styles: normal and pictogram. The normal Whimsy Word Search is a prettier and more colorful take on the regular word search, but the difference is that it allows one to color each letter in the words they find.
As for the pictogram style, Claire has her husband to thank for the idea. “My husband suggested there might be a way to make these puzzles even more challenging. Why use simple letters when you can challenge your puzzle lovers with pictograms? So have each pictogram represent a letter and then find the connecting pictograms that form the words. Hence Whimsy Word Search, Pictogram Style was created.”
As the owner and creator of the Whimsy Word Search, Claire is in charge of the entire process. “I do everything from coming up with the ideas for different books to creating the pages to publishing the books.” It is particularly noteworthy that Claire does all this even with a severe physical disability. “What gives my story of a strong woman trying to build a business while raising a happy family a twist, is that I have cerebral palsy.”
Nonetheless, Claire shows no sign of stopping anytime soon. “Recently we have added American Sign Language too. My latest book is Shakespearean Insults, which features letters from guttersnipe to roundtable wench! These words and insults work in a pinch! It’s probably my favorite book word search that I have created to date.”
Claire also added a new feather to her cap when she and her work were featured in the Texas County Reporter. An experience she is most thankful for.
Apart from being the founder of Whimsy Word Search, Claire Mestepey is also a writer whose works can be found in New Mobility Magazine, The Houston Press, and The Houston Gazette. She is also a contributing editor for the book IN OUR SHOES: Practical Strategies for Disability Inclusion. Further, Claire has even self-published two books herself. According to her, “My Walker and Other Glamorous Accessories is a collection of short stories exploring the humorous side of living with cerebral palsy. And Nicholas Gets Nervous is a children’s book.”
Claire also finished her first full-length novel recently, Pillars, which is about a heroine in wheelchair who uses her magic powers to combat evil. The novel is set to be part of a trilogy that chronicles the epic battles between good and evil. Claire is currently writing the second novel, while a detailed outline of the third novel is already penned down.
Pillars and the Whimsy Word Search coloring books can be found on Amazon or directly purchased from Facebook and Instagram.
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Company Name: Whimsy Word Search
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Phone: 2816900530
Country: United States
Website: https://www.whimsywordsearch.com
