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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. Eoin's little brothers
    05:02
    Eoin's little brothers
  3. Getting revenge on his brothers
    04:15
    Getting revenge on his brothers
  4. Pee! Pee! Pee!
    06:20
    Pee! Pee! Pee!
  5. Magic moments
    09:47
    Magic moments
  6. Q&A with Eoin Colfer
    05:40
    Q&A with Eoin Colfer
  7. More Q&A with Eoin Colfer
    04:23
    More Q&A with Eoin Colfer
  8. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  9. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  10. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  11. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  12. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  13. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
  14. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  15. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  16. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  17. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
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