Hi, my name is Jesse Stay – I’m writing Minecraft For Dummies and Minecraft Recipes For Dummies, and yes, I’m officially crazy (but loving it!). I guess you could say I’m now addicted to writing books.
When I first started writing my first book, I’m on Facebook–Now What??? with Jason Alba, I thought I was crazy. Then, I started writing FBML Essentials, and I thought I was even crazier. I then wrote Facebook Application Development For Dummies, then Google+ For Dummies, and following that Google+ Marketing For Dummies. We did a Second Edition of I’m on Facebook–Now What???, this time targeting marketers, and following that I wrote the Facebook Development section of Facebook All-in-One For Dummies. That’s 7 books! At this point I think I’m a professional crazy person, and I’m getting pretty used to it.
That’s why I jumped at the chance when talking recently with Wiley to write the full version of Minecraft For Dummies (link to come soon). I’ll also be following that up with Minecraft Recipes For Dummies (also link to come soon), both scheduled to be finished this year. I mean, who can say they actually get paid to use Minecraft? That’s definitely not crazy.
I’m joining up with the fabulous Youtubers, Team Crafted, on this one, and will include sections from Jacob Cordeiro’s (who I’m told is a very mature 15 years old!) Portable Edition of Minecraft For Dummies. What I’m most excited about though is my 12 year old son Thomas will be writing the majority of the book (his name will be on the cover with me, Team Crafted, and Jacob Cordeiro), with me filling in the gaps, and I’ll also have my 10 year old son Joseph contribute little “tips” here and there (I’m going to suggest to Wiley we call it “Joseph’s Corner”). It will be a book about a game played primarily by kids, written by kids, and an occasional blip or two from me, the adult (I’m also in charge of getting it all in a format consumable by the general public). I’m so excited to bring my kids into the process of writing books with me!
With a movie on the way, entire LEGO sets built on the brand, entire communities built around the game, mods for the game, and new updates coming out to the game weekly, it is a prime time to be publishing this book. Minecraft is truly taking the world by storm, and chances are if you have kids, or you feel like a kid like me, you’re very familiar with the game!
With my previous books all being on social media, the next 2 books will be a fun break for me as I focus on my family, and finally make book writing a family affair. Expect to hear more for me here, as well as on Facebook and Google+ as I make progress! Also, I’m looking for schools and the like that are interested in learning about the book writing process as we write this book – please contact me at jesse@commercefuturists.com for further inquiry. I’m also happy to make Comic, Gaming, and Fantasy Con appearances (I can also bring my sons)!
I want to know though – what would you like to learn in a Minecraft book? Go ask your kids. What do they want to learn? As parents, what interests you? Please feel free to share thoughts and ideas in the comments and maybe I’ll find a way to include them in the book.
