On Monday 16th February 2026 @ 8am (UK time), I ran a short ideas workshop and chatted with thriller novelist and soon-to-be romantasy novelist Jack Chandler about the topic. The recording is below.

At 19 minutes in, I show you a word web (picture on the left), using ‘hand’ as the prompt word where you can fill in associated words on each thread, e.g.:

• Hand: handmade; handmaid; Margaret Atwood; dystopia; alternate world; global warming
• Hand: handle; kitchen cupboard; new kitchen; rich; sauce; ketchup; catsup; cat; Felix; black and white; piano; tuner; radio… and so on

You can go off from any of these words to make new threads. If you (left-)click on this picture it’ll take you to my teaching page. You can right-click on the picture and save it onto your computer or phone.

These are free events but we’re raising money for local libraries and we’d be really grateful if you would donate whatever you afford via the Charities & Donate page. Thank you so much.