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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. Simon Cowell
    00:38
    Simon Cowell
  3. Raj
    01:15
    Raj
  4. Characters
    02:09
    Characters
  5. Finishing feelings
    01:20
    Finishing feelings
  6. School dinners
    00:54
    School dinners
  7. Thames
    01:04
    Thames
  8. Favourite book
    02:25
    Favourite book
  9. Next book
    01:00
    Next book
  10. Favourite author
    01:17
    Favourite author
  11. Gangsta Granny
    12:25
    Gangsta Granny
  12. Readers and writers
    06:47
    Readers and writers
  13. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  14. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  15. Hand on the Bridge
    02:28
    Hand on the Bridge
  16. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  17. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  18. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  19. Reading from 'Luna Loves Art'
    05:38
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Art'
  20. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  21. Who is Josh Bell?
    01:03
    Who is Josh Bell?
  22. Box Yourself
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    Box Yourself
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