{"id":1803,"date":"2025-03-26T23:54:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T23:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nethergatewriters.com\/?p=1803"},"modified":"2025-04-06T23:06:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T23:06:47","slug":"david-carson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nethergatewriters.com\/?p=1803","title":{"rendered":"David Carson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I was born in Glasgow in 1944.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I attended my local primary and secondary schools, and subsequently Glasgow University, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After graduating with a degree in French and German, I had various jobs – manual labour, proof reading dictionaries for a publishing firm, and latterly for a whaling company looking to diversify into other fishing-related activities. Then I found real job satisfaction when I qualified as a teacher, and spent the rest of my working life in Secondary schools in Scotland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I retired from teaching, I started attending an adult education class in 2007, run by Dundee University. The class was entitled \u2018Learning to be a writer\u2019, and was tutored by Esther Read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Esther retired in 2015, the class became an autonomous writing group, and took the name Nethergate Writers. For the next couple of years, I was the chairperson of this new incarnation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I write short stories, and my work has appeared in all of Nethergate Writer\u2019s anthologies from 2008 onwards. One of them was made into a film as part of the Ties to the Tay project of Dundee University;and two monologues have been recorded by actors of Pitlochry Festival Theatre. I have also had work published in Northwards Now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The friendly feedback and constructive criticism provided by members of Nethergate Writers is typical of the supportive atmosphere within the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I enjoy hillwalking, cycling and, back in the day, squash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am married to Anna, and we have three daughters and eight grandchildren.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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