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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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    The Egyptian Empire
  3. The British Empire
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    The British Empire
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    The World Wars
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    Weird and Wonderful Inventors
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    Taking Up Boxing
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    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
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    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
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    Read a long
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