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Keri is female (except on Thursdays) and has a PhD in awesome. True story. It has also been said that she is the almighty superhero word machine offspring of Batman and Wolverine.
She writes literary fiction with mythological and romantic elements but is a pretty eclectic reader...except when it comes to horror or extreme cases of chick lit.
Keri's aim is to be a published novelist. She has several novels in the works but tries hard not to work on too many of them at once or her procrastination will 'splode into action.
She has two cats: Rocky, who likes to lie on her keyboard and Severus, who eats books.
If you are trying to spot out Quillbert amongst other hedgepiggies, he's the one that's either writing, reading, plotting or procrastinating. Apart from that you can only guess because he is clever with his disguises. You might think, 'Oh, that hedgepiggy is blond, it couldn't be Quillbert...' but you'd be wrong.
The subjects and followers of Quill Café are his minions, known by the affectionate term, "Quillers." His name is pronounced with a silent "r."
Though quiet and introverted in person, Sydnee has always had a love for expressing her opinion on paper, particularly when no one cares to hear it. Her hobbies include writing (duh), reading (also a duh), taking naps, learning stuff, and painting (her obsession with painting, particularly the smell, probably explains a lot about her mental state, but we aren't judging).
Sydnee has aspirations of becoming an editorial and technical writer, as well as a published author of YA fantasy and adult romantic thrillers, though she loves writing stories for all genres and audiences.
She considers herself to be a likeable enough person, but due to her acerbic and crude sense of humor, she will probably offend you. If she hasn't so far, that means you don't know her well enough.
Sydnee is currently finishing her sophomore year in the Journalism program at Wayne State University and enjoys taking long walks on the beach and talking in the third person.
1. A small being of sixty inches tall
a. Likely to be seen in her natural habitat(at her keyboard) writing, reading, and procrastinating.
b. Other characteristics and traits of this being include drawing, painting, drowning in school work, more reading, more writing, more drawing, more drowning, etc. She is a creature of pattern these days.
The exotic Almi is known to feed off of strawberries, palindromes, and a variety of tasty books. She is the resident pet “twelve year old” of Quill Café and accepts this position with much pride…yeah…that’s it, pride. She dreams of improving her writing to the point where it is publishable one day and then…to rule the world. She plans to take small steps at a time.
Origin: 1994, California, United States, unknown
Power: Evil mastermind (also known as a writer and actress)
Destiny: To take over all the bookshops with her published works and a cinema near you!
Between reading fantasy, sci-fi, YA and other assorted novels she spends her time dancing wildly to music in her house, practicing her acting skills on poor, unsuspecting
Her element is water which can often be found in her novels although she is also a bit of a pyromaniac. Lover of animals (not literally of course) she has one mental cat who thinks she's a tiger.
When she cannot be found glued to her laptop typing away (whether it be from her imagination or an university [also know as Unicorn] assignment) she can be located on a couch somewhere reading, in a pool swimming, or any other number of places really because she loves to whizz around in her silver car!!
Quillbert found him in the New Zealand bush. While Jasper's presence down under can be explained due to an overseas working experience, Quillbert's is a mystery as he is an African Pygmy, whereas the hedgehogs in New Zealand were introduced from Europe.
She's an aspiring actress, artist, musician and writer. She also has a variety of strange hobbies such as making candles and procrastinating like a pro.
She is registered on NaNoWriMo with the username "kittymunch". The stress has been really getting to her but she'll survive so no harm done. The fact that her brain may be altered and possibly damaged by NaNo is a totally different matter.
Though she is physically young, her mind is that of a 30 year old. This can be a curse and a gift at times.
As far as reading material goes, she especially enjoys the work of Terry Pratchett. Some of her other favorite authors include:
- JRR Tolkien
- JK Rowling
- Mrs M. Grieve
- Michael Lawrence
- Diana Wynne Jones
As for personality and style - she's a bit uncertain. She is a very cheery person who likes to laugh and, when not busy, drifts off into strange little fantasy worlds. Her style of writing evolves all the time and if anyone is wondering about her style as far as clothes go, she doesn't even know.
She is horribly good at maths even though she hates the subject.
And that's about all really.
She is also a writer, a perplexer, a photographer, a giggler, a singer, a fighter, a painter, a lover, a hater, a daughter, a Photoshopper, a worker, a cinematographer, an autobiographer, a typographer, an older sister and a baker.
Besides all that, she dabbles in the arts of sleeping, cooking, failing, painting, flouncing, twirling, acting, J-boarding, tripping, eating, procrastinating, skipping, nothing, proofreading, cleaning and just being awesome in general.
Mocha tends to stay in her own little world, but when she does get out she lives in Tokyo. Most of her days are spent sitting at the computer drinking tea, chatting, browsing, watching viral videos, and distracting herself from all the work she needs to get done.
She has an affinity for Irish authors, ponies, monocles, Time Lords, wizards, mad hatters, djinni, fairies, boxcars, frappuccinos, Earl Grey, top hats and dandelions. She does not understand mathematics or Twinkies, but she knows that the answer to life is 42.
Mocha is considered ageless, because it doesn’t matter how old she gets; she’ll always be spectacular.
She has a fear of earthquakes, November, zombies and the dark.
Her nom de plume was stolen from her Shih Tzu, but if you must know, her real name is Belle.
Warning: Alfredo has the ability to teleport and time travel. This means that he can be in several places at once. We have sent a message to the Doctor, asking him to check the TARDIS for Alfredo's whereabouts but we have yet to hear back.
The only way to be rid of Alfredo is to be productive. If found, please return him to the Quill Café.
