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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. Introducing James
    01:39
    Introducing James
  3. How James got started
    03:33
    How James got started
  4. A pirate picture story
    10:15
    A pirate picture story
  5. Picturing Nessie
    04:01
    Picturing Nessie
  6. Q&A with James Mayhew
    11:26
    Q&A with James Mayhew
  7. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  8. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  9. I can do this!
    02:32
    I can do this!
  10. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  11. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  12. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  13. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  14. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
  15. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  16. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
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