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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?
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    How do you come up with names for your characters?
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    Beat the Calculator
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    1089
  4. Perfect pentagon
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    Perfect pentagon
  5. Fabulous flexagon
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    Fabulous flexagon
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    Making Cubes
  7. Prime number pizza
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    Prime number pizza
  8. Numerical masterclass
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    Numerical masterclass
  9. Q&A with Kjartan Poskitt
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    Q&A with Kjartan Poskitt
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    Self-Defence
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    Questions and Answers
  12. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  13. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  14. Walking and talking
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    Walking and talking
  15. Question and Answer - Part 1
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    Question and Answer - Part 1
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    Joyful Poetry
  17. Working with an illustrator
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    Working with an illustrator
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    Acting and Writing
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