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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. Who are you really?
    01:06
    Who are you really?
  3. Darren Shan reads from Zom-B Underground
    07:50
    Darren Shan reads from Zom-B Underground
  4. A picky question about zombies
    01:15
    A picky question about zombies
  5. What about Dad?
    02:22
    What about Dad?
  6. A dark question about the night
    01:01
    A dark question about the night
  7. Books into film
    01:23
    Books into film
  8. How about a Zombie rising?
    01:00
    How about a Zombie rising?
  9. A question of influence
    01:07
    A question of influence
  10. Darren Shan reads the prologue from ZOM-B
    08:36
    Darren Shan reads the prologue from ZOM-B
  11. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  12. Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
    04:56
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
  13. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  14. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  15. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  16. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  17. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  18. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  19. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  20. Relationship Behaviour
    01:57
    Relationship Behaviour
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