During the first online all-day... actually, soon after it started… I thought what a shame it would be if it only ran once every six months so it’s going to be a regular thing.

Most Mondays up to six self-published authors and/or self-publishing experts discuss a variety of topics ~ see the main Monday Mini-fest for the details.

These are moderated by Morgen so the participants have the opportunity to chat fully.

New to Self-Pub Fest? The Participate page for details and/or email Morgen for the information pack.

On Monday 16th February 2026, 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 book-related charities and we’d be really grateful if you would donate whatever you afford via the Charities & Donate page. Thank you so much.