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How do you come up with names for your characters?
Arlo and Augustus are great names for characters, but how does Catherine dream them up?
  1. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  2. The Egyptian Empire
    16:39
    The Egyptian Empire
  3. The British Empire
    04:33
    The British Empire
  4. The World Wars
    07:23
    The World Wars
  5. Weird and Wonderful Inventors
    02:32
    Weird and Wonderful Inventors
  6. Authors Live with Holly Bourne
    34:04
    Authors Live with Holly Bourne
  7. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  8. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  9. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  10. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  11. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  12. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  13. Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
    02:48
    Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
  14. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  15. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
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