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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. 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. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  11. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  12. Reading The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
  13. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
  14. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
  15. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  16. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  17. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  18. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  19. Read a long
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    Read a long
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