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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. Bendy, bendy toothbrush
    03:49
    Bendy, bendy toothbrush
  3. Book titles
    03:49
    Book titles
  4. Going through the old photos
    06:17
    Going through the old photos
  5. Hand on the bridge
    02:21
    Hand on the bridge
  6. If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
    02:29
    If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
  7. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  8. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  9. Reading from 'Luna Loves Art'
    05:38
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Art'
  10. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  11. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  12. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  13. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  14. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
  15. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  16. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
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