How Venice saved my writing career — a podcast

As anyone who knows me understands I love Venice. A lot. I’m just back from my third trip there this year and it’s time I paid some dues. First a podcast on how a random press trip to the city and a boring press conference kickstarted my writing career just when I thought it was over.

And tomorrow a treat I’ve promised on Twitter: an interview with two British writers who live in Venice and write about the city in very different ways: Gregory Dowling, creator of the Alvise Marangon mysteries, and Philip Gwynne Jones, author of the Nathan Sutherland books.

But today here’s why I will always be grateful to Venice for teaching me some important lessons about writing…