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How Books Start
Nikesh tells us how he gets ideas for books.
  1. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  2. Early Years
    03:15
    Early Years
  3. Growing Older With a Moustache
    03:24
    Growing Older With a Moustache
  4. My Superheroes
    04:35
    My Superheroes
  5. My Superpowers
    04:22
    My Superpowers
  6. Quick Quack Quentin
    06:04
    Quick Quack Quentin
  7. Stealing A's
    02:16
    Stealing A's
  8. Oi Frog!
    06:21
    Oi Frog!
  9. Alternative Ending
    03:46
    Alternative Ending
  10. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  11. Read a long
    04:36
    Read a long
  12. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  13. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  14. Newton Farm Questions
    05:46
    Newton Farm Questions
  15. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  16. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  17. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  18. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  19. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
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