Hi, and welcome to my Substack! I'm Miriam Landor and I live in Orkney, an archipelago off the north coast of Scotland.
Previously a teacher, educational psychologist and university lecturer, I am now focussing on my writing. I'm currently seeking publication of my completed memoir while I draft the first of a series of novels set in an educational psychology service. Visit my website https://miriamlandor.scot for my full biography and list of publications.
I aim to post here every month – more often if I have any exciting news to share! I will tell you about my writing life and my home in Orkney, with some examples of my creative writing. I don't plan to offer paid subscriptions; I feel happy to share my work with you.
For my first Substack post, here is a poem I wrote during Rachel Godfrey’s excellent Out of Bounds programme (‘creative inroads into the boarding school experience’).
Murmuration
Those other girls…
Each is a separate being.
One has a sharper beak,
Another a brighter sheen,
A beadier eye,
A quicker jab reflex.
When they see me
They wheel together as one body,
Shape shifting,
Filling my sky.
They murmur, cruel shafts.
I cower. A beetle. A worm.
©MiriamLandor
Till next time!
This I a great start for your substack future. Congratulations!
Lovely picture and all up and running smoothly. I do love a murmuration x