I have lurked on the old board, but this looks fun so I'm a-joining!

1. I thought up 4 nicknames, rolled a die, got a different one and decided I wanted this one anyway. I am usually known as Rani Drummond (or Donna to those of you who know me), but I felt like a change so I named myself after Hermes, the Winged Messenger.

EDIT: Just discovered Hermes is a member here - now I feel unoriginal and potentially confusing! :(

2. Female, mostly. It's a sliding scale, you know.

3. 23, Hastings, England.

4. I'm sure it's possible, it just needs to be very well made. However, they probably shouldn't try cos a bad one would be tragic.

5. My mum decided (can't remember why) that we should read discworld books together. So we did.

6. Be nice to other people; they outnumber you 5.5 billion to one.

The author question: that's a hard one. I don't tend to follow an author, I just try to find time to read random good books. And, probably unlike a lot of people here, I'm not usually a fan of sci-fi or fantasy. I do like such inspirational cheese as Starhawk and Paulo Coehlo.