Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m Honey! I’m a retired computer hacker, chess addict and mother. I’m an American and a New Yorker. I have written 5 books so far, 4 kids books and 1 book for chess enthusiasts. 2 books are about chess, 1 for grown up chess enthusiasts and one for kids teaching them how to setup a chess board along with a song. 3 kids books are about teaching children counting related to computer and machine learning: binary, hexadecimal, and logic gates called Baby Blackhat book series.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Bee Defense is a chess opening I created after playing more than 86,000 games of chess since 2015. It is a defense method to play chess ideal for speed chess and a new chess opening from a woman. I was inspired to write the book after a kid on a chess site asked me to teach them my chess system/opening.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
As a hobby I create art with ascii, unicodes and emojis. None of this appears in any of my books however. I am unsure if my writing uses hacker terminology assuming everyone knows what I am talking about or not. That could be true.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Another author friend of mine is Elliot Carruthers who has written many many books called “Idioms For Kids”. Elliot was my first chess coach besides my own father! I have followed in the footsteps of my first coach by becoming an author as well too.
What are you working on now?
I just finished writing a song and book called the “Chessboard Song” which teaches kids how to setup a chess board the right way and other chessboard setup tricks.
I also just finished writing the last so far in the book series Baby Blackhat a book called Baby Blackhat Logic Gates which teaches kids digital logic gates like: AND, NOT, OR, XOR, etc.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I don’t know yet! I’m a brand new author! I am still learning.
I’m always a teacher, yet always a student of life.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
I found the publishing experience on Amazon very easy! Something to watch out for is to be sure about the digital rights of any photos you use in your book!
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The best chess advice I ever heard is a quote from Nelsen Mandela and it goes:
“Never lose, win or learn.”, I find this quote is true for all of life, to never take failure as failure if you can learn from it, it is a tool to success.
What are you reading now?
The Book of the Dead from Ancient Egypt
What’s next for you as a writer?
I might write a book about Egypt after studying hieroglyphs or a book about paredolia, as I am afflicted with that disorder.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
The Republic by Plato
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Book of the Dead by Wallis E. A. Budge
The American Black Chamber by Herbert O. Yardley
Author Websites and Profiles
Honey Beez Amazon Profile