1. What if Lola Mint is carrying a weapon?

2. Lola Mint notices something unexpected in the background of an old photo.

3. Writing exercise: Write the text of an online dating profile for Sylvia Aariel.

4. What is Sylvia Aariel's favourite song and why?

5. Think about which people Carlos Sirius would invite to a dinner party if he could invite anybody, dead or alive.

6. Introduce a character from Sylvia Aariel's past.

7. Change formats: write a letter to the local newspaper from Sylvia Aariel.

8. Sylvia Aariel meets her hero on a bus.

9. Could the entire plot have been a ruse designed to teach Sylvia Aariel a lesson?

10. Describe the meaning behind Lola Mint's name.

11. Make Carlos Sirius wake up somewhere different than usual. How did he get there?

12. Writing exercise: Write a postcard as if you're Carlos Sirius on holiday.

13. Change Carlos Sirius into a different outfit. What's the reason for the costume change?

14. Could Carlos Sirius have been a vampire all along?

15. Sylvia Aariel screams. Why?

16. Mention that Sylvia Aariel has a scar and describe how it got there.

17. The person claiming to be Lola Mint is actually one of her triplets.

18. Give Lola Mint a disability. How will that affect the rest of the story?

19. A dream allows Lola Mint to look events from a new perspective.

20. Lola Mint has a photo in her wallet. What is it of and why?