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How Books Start
Nikesh tells us how he gets ideas for books.
  1. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  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. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  8. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  9. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  10. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  11. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  12. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  13. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  14. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  15. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  16. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
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