I'm almost finished my read-through of Demon Thief, which I'm doing ahead of working on a structural plan for the potential Demonata TV adaptation. There's no guarantee that the adaptors -- Dreamology Pictures -- will want to go down the route I'm suggesting, or even if *I* will want to go down that route! I have an idea for how the books might be adapted, but I'm not at all certain that it will work out. Right now I'm just refreshing myself with the books. Then I'm going to work on piecing the story components together in a different way, to see if it might work better for TV that way. If I feel it's working, I'll pitch it to Max and Ijaz at Dreamology. But if I feel like it doesn't have legs, I'll let it drop there, and leave the team to pitch THEIR plan to ME.

Man, I'd forgotten so much about these books!! I got to the scene where Kernel meets with Lord Loss, which I thought came almost at the very end of the book. When I realised there were still many chapters to go, I found myself wondering, "What the hell happens next?!?" :-)

I'd also forgotten how cruel Beranabus is. I'd always wanted him to be a bit of a brutal character, so focused on his mission to save the world that he doesn't care too much about any given individual, but in my memory he was nicer and warmer than he actually is. A fan posted on social media recently, saying he was a disgusting monster who had terrorised poor Nadia. At the time I thought she was being a bit harsh on him, but now... nope, I agree with her!!! At the same time, that's exactly how he needed to be in order to save the universe. Sometimes our heroes are ugly people. It's a contradiction that applies in real life as well as in fiction, and it's something that has always fascinated me. Would flawed heroes be even more heroic without their flaws? Or do we need to take them as they come, and try to appreciate them for the good they have done despite their flaws?

If anyone knows the answer, stick it on a postcard and send it to me!! In the meantime, I'll no doubt carry on picking away at the puzzle in my stories and making sense of it as best I can through those...