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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 Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  3. Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
    05:18
    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
  4. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  5. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  6. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  7. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  8. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  9. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  10. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  11. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  12. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  13. Working in Comics
    01:09
    Working in Comics
  14. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  15. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  16. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  17. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  18. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  19. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  20. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
  21. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  22. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
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