Dr. Meriel Lland

Writer, photographer, film-maker/poet, artist and educator. Biophiliac. Barefoot & away with the faeries far less often than I'd like.

[Dr. Meriel Lland @rosadottir]

I’m still spinning from this news and super excited to share it - thanks to my wonderful team and to Liberated Words and Fotogenia 🙏🏻

[Liberated Words @LiberatedWords]

Bravo!!! Meriel Lland has won Frame to Frames: Your Eyes Follow ekphrastic poetry film prize II with A Love Spell Cast in Petals based on Huapango Torero by Ana Segovia Www.Liberated https://t.co/K3ItQCy7cl. @rosadottir @liberatedwords @csillatoldy @outlierpics @tbfstudio

[Dr. Meriel Lland @rosadottir]

@Michaeljos92972 Woohoo! Sooo happy to read that ✨💫

[Dr. Meriel Lland @rosadottir]

@Michaeljos92972 Hi! Yes, I do. Thanks 🙏

[Dr. Meriel Lland @rosadottir]

@GardenerFliss Superb focal point - brings the architecture to life - especially at night. Congratulations.

[Dr. Meriel Lland @rosadottir]

@bakrim2000 @JaneJohnsonBakr Absolutely beautiful and so elegant. Your story together lifts every day 🙏

[Liberated Words @LiberatedWords]

Very flattered to have the spotlight slot at Poetry Film Club online, and sharing 2 or 3 of my art-inspired and family history poetry films. I hope you can make it and take part in the discussion. Other poetry filmmakers are also being screened. Till then!!!

[Liberated Words @LiberatedWords]

Felicidades to Javier Robledo and VideoBardo at ZEBRA Berlin tonight!! 30 years strong. My poem John 3550N, 2820E Cerulean Island with stunning film by Mary McDonald is part of their screening. So proud!!!!

[Dr. Meriel Lland @rosadottir]

@1goodtern Seen. Read. Appreciated. Your posts are invaluable. Thank you. Always 🙏

[Michael & Rebecca @Michaeljos92972]

A BIG ASK! 💙💙

I have a small favor to ask, and I hope it comes across in the spirit it’s intended — not as desperation, but honesty.
Yesterday I had a long conversation with my publisher about the slow sales of THE FAIRWAYS OF WISDOM. In the past four days, only eight copies sold. He was kind, but direct. The truth is, when my account was hacked the night after Rebecca died, I lost more than 30,000+ followers overnight — an audience that took nearly eight years to build.
Sure, some were probably bots or trolls. But many thousands were real people. Compassionate people. Loyal readers. Friends who walked beside me through some of the hardest years of my life.
My old account averaged nearly 500,000-750,000 impressions a week, with close to a 65% engagement. My new page — Michael & Rebecca
@Michaeljos92972 — has fewer than 5,000 followers and reaches only a fraction of the people it once did. The engagement is down dramatically. In simple terms, most people simply are not seeing what I write anymore. It's all about ALGORITHMS!
And that hurts.
For years, I’ve tried to write honestly. I brought all of you inside the Whelan family through cancer, COVID, job loss, Bella’s broken back, and most painfully, Rebecca’s long battle with Parkinson’s. Many of you were there with me on March 5th when she passed away. You watched our lives unfold in real time — the beauty, the heartbreak, the exhaustion, the love.
Writing has never been about fame for me. It’s been about connection. About advocacy. About trying to make people feel less alone.
I still want to do that.
I still want to write books. Essays. Stories. I still want to fight for caregivers, patients, animal rescues, and the people who feel unseen in this world. But in today’s social media landscape, if people can’t see your words, it becomes almost impossible to keep going. So far I have written almost two million words. That takes a lot of time, thought and love.
So here’s my ask:
If my writing has ever meant something to you… if one essay ever made you feel understood… if Rebecca’s story touched your heart… if Bella ever made you smile or shed a tear please consider recommending my page to a few people you trust. Maybe 3. Maybe 7. Maybe 10. As many as you can. And I've learned that when you ask people a favor YOU must explain the WHY.
That simple act could help rebuild what was lost. It could push the algorithms enough so these stories start reaching people again instead of disappearing into the noise.
And if my work isn’t for you, that’s completely okay too. No hard feelings. Just quietly scroll on and let others decide for themselves.
I know this is a big ask. Asking for help has never been easy for me. But I also know something else:
The kindest communities are built one human being at a time.
Thank you for reading me. Thank you for carrying Rebecca’s memory forward with me. Thank you for allowing me into your lives all these years.
And if you choose to help, please know this — you are not just helping an author.
You are helping a grieving husband keep his voice alive.
With love and gratitude always,
Michael

[Dr. Meriel Lland @rosadottir]

@LiberatedWords Congratulations - excellent news.

[Liberated Words @LiberatedWords]

Very happy that Nocturne will be screened at Carmarthen Bay Film Festival next week amongst a really talented set of filmmakers, and especially with a Welsh connection. A great event for those looking to be in the Film industry.

[Dr. Meriel Lland @rosadottir]

@ahmedhankir @lewis_goodall @LBC Thank you for this - the interview tells so many important, heartfelt truths. May peace and wisdom prevail and violence cease. The hurts inflicted ripple out to harm so many beyond the direct acts of war. Hoping for an end to such suffering 🙏

[Dr. Meriel Lland @rosadottir]

@ahmedhankir We grieve with you, Professor. This is an abomination, cruelty beyond measure. You are not alone - we stand with all those hurt and threatened in this nightmare 🙏

[Dr. Meriel Lland @rosadottir]

@Michaeljos92972 Hello my friend. So good to have you back. Thank you for staying strong and defeating those who would damage the network of compassion and understanding you and Rebecca created through your honesty 💛✨

[Dr. Meriel Lland @rosadottir]

@Michaeljos92972 So relieved to find you - many of us have been searching for you. And not for a second did the vile hack convince 💛

[Dr. Meriel Lland @rosadottir]

@mikejwhelan My friend, this is what you have done, are doing now and will do in the future. Your kindness, brave heart, honesty and wisdom are so very much needed. And so much treasured. We see in you something of what your beautiful wife saw - a man to be trusted 🙏

[Dr. Meriel Lland @rosadottir]

@mikejwhelan Oh my friend. There are so many hearts reaching out to you here. We are holding you both in this time of unthinkable loss. The love you and Rebecca hold shines out. A candle will burn for her tonight 🙏

[Dr. Meriel Lland @rosadottir]

@JamesThrot Thank you so much for continuing to guide and reassure 🙏

[Liberated Words @LiberatedWords]

Versi di Luce - So honoured to be in this very special festival in Sicily with Nocturne for a Lighterman – neo-symbolist poem and soundscape by Marc Neys!! Grazie Mille!

[Dr. Meriel Lland @rosadottir]

@hopefullizzy Thank you! They’re so good to see. Every birdie sighting feels like a gift and lifts the day. Hope you’re back home very soon 🐦🪶 x

[Hannah Bourne-Taylor @WriterHannahBT]

It doesn’t matter if you’re not Scottish … PLEASE PLEASE email [email protected] who has just said no to mandating swift bricks in Scotland. If EVERYONE asks her to save our swifts then maybe she’ll change her mind. The vote is tomorrow.