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Ela J. Meadows
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Living on unceded Anishinaabe Algonquin Territory.

Canadian writer, artist, adventurer, single mom, and person with disabilities.

She/They

Writing & Dreaming Blog:
https://elameadows.wordpress.com
TTRPG World:
https://styriapathfinder.wordpress.com
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My word of the year is Gradational. It’s exciting to see it play out in my every day choices. For example, I have the motto “more than zero” for getting things done.

#gradational #morethanzero #motivation #running #wordoftheyear #writing #dothething #spoontheory
me after a run, sweaty and sore as i climb the stairs in my knee and ankle braces. me after a run, sweaty and sore as i climb the stairs in my knee and ankle braces.
September 29, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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I was out picking up groceries and saw Canadian toilet paper on sale so got two. My plan was that I’d tuck them under my arm.
Turns out the plastic slid against itself very well...

#happystory #ottawa #goodvibes #helpingothers #community #centertown #elbowsup
The post author (Ela Meadows) tilts her head up to the sunshine filtering through the branches and leaves of a city tree.
September 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Yetsa's Sweater is a heartwarming story that blends many ways of knowing into an accessible children's picture book.

Written by Sylvia Olsen, a non-indigenous woman who lived in the Tsartlip First Nation for many years.
#orangeshirtday #nationaldayoftruthandreconciliation #booksky #picturebooks
Cover of the picture book Yetsa's Sweater by Sylvia Olsen, Illustrated by Joan Larson. An elderly indigenous woman sits on a chair knitting a Cowichan sweater with her granddaughter kneeling beside her and watching.
September 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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I finally got the Jodie Whittaker era Doctor Who seasons from the Library.

My gosh they are amazing so far!

I expected to hate them because of the negative press but it feels like a cross with original Old Who and the Tennant era.

#JodieWhittaker #DoctorWho #OldWho #doctorwhofandom #Library
Jodie Whittaker as The Doctor (A woman with a blonde bob wearing blue pants, a navy top with stripes across it, suspenders, and a grey trench coat) stands on a grassy hill area with the TARDIS behind her.
September 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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The Audio book of "A Dog's Purpose" broke me, put me back together, and broke me again over and over and I can't recommend it enough. It felt very much like a dog version of "Black Beauty."

#booksky #bookreccomendation #audiobook #dogs #adogspurpose #blackbeauty #reading #bookrecs #animals
Cover of the audiobook version of "A Dog's Purpose" by W. Bruce Cameron and read by William Dufris featuring a young red golden retriever dog looking straight ahead
August 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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My service dog Celena demonstrating peak elegance...

#dog #servicedog #water #lake #summer #gfpet #lifejacket #playtime #cottage #summervibes #awkward #doggo #puppy #cute
A small black poodle/yorkie mix dog wearing a bright yellow lifejacket plays in lake water making awkward facial expressions and shaking herself out in strange positions. A small black poodle/yorkie mix dog wearing a bright yellow lifejacket plays in lake water making awkward facial expressions and shaking herself out in strange positions. A small black poodle/yorkie mix dog wearing a bright yellow lifejacket plays in lake water making awkward facial expressions and shaking herself out in strange positions.
August 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Profile Photo Update: My sister, cousin and I had a grand time playing with my corset and lace skirt at the family cottage.

It's one of the places I feel most relaxed and at home. This is the first year I've had cell service. There's still no power or potable water. It feels peaceful and restful.
Ela J. Meadows - a curvy woman with shoulder length brown hair wearing an ivory corset and white skirt sits on a log over a lake holding her service dog a small black poodle mix
August 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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A Great Blue Heron graced me with their presence while I was kayaking at the family cottage.

Pictures were taken with a Cannon EOS Rebel T6 with a 300mm lens.

#photography #cottage #summer #birds #greatblueheron #kayaking #nature #ontario #cottagecountry #canada #Wildlife
A great blue heron stands on a knobby fallen log. A great blue heron flies above the lake's surface with cedar trees crowding the shore in the background. A great blue heron back flaps to land on a rock.
August 24, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Eddying whirlpools
Swirl around in toxic tides
Suck me deep inside

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#poem #poetry #haiku #photography #emotions #feelings #water #writing #water #hogsback
A close up shot of river water splashing up and spinning in the air as it tumbles over rapids.
August 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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What inspires you to create?

I love interacting with all my senses: taste, touch, smell, sight, sound, as well as digging into the emotional responses they elicit.

#writing #booksky #author #photography #summer #canada #ontario #ottawa #sunshine #perfectsummerday
A brown haired woman with a collection of coloured butterfly clips in her hair wearing dark purple sunglasses and a fluffy light purple dress contemplates a bouquet of dried flowers.
July 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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I've been busy enjoying summer so haven't had many opportunities to post. One outing was to see the Sunset Ride of the RCMP where we also got to watch The Capital Cowgirls!

#musicalride #capitalcowgirls #rcmp #ottawa #canada #horses #riding #summer #riding #ontario #photography
From left to right a white horse and two bays, their women riders wearing sparkling blue tops and white chaps reading "capital cowgirls" and holding a Canadian flag or a "capital cowgirls" flag travel in sync in a dirt arena in front of a large crowd. From left to right a dark brown and white paint horse and two bays, their women riders wearing sparkling blue tops and white chaps reading "capital cowgirls" and holding a Canadian flag or a "capital cowgirls" flag travel in sync in a dirt arena in front of a large crowd.
July 17, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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And so inspiration struck and I started writing...hours later it is well past my bed time but uh....yeah I am excited about the concept.

#writing #rh #booksky #author #reverseharam #polyamory
Redirecting...
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June 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Processing big feelings in short poetry lately.

Greif is hard to put into words.
There’s no concrete end point.
No, moment of saying,
I’ve gone through it, and it’s done.

1/2

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#greif #poetry #poem #writing #sad #bereavement #goodbye
Lingering in the Dark
Greif is hard to put into words.There’s no concrete end point.No, moment of saying,I’ve gone through it, and it’s done. It goes on and on,Lingering. Flaring up like a perpetual abscess,A wound that…
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June 8, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Fantasy *always* made sense to me - it was pretend play you turned into stories

Lately I wonder if part of why I gravitated strongly towards writing fantasy as a youth for more than the reason of escapism.

1/4

#writing #booksky #author #canada #ottawa #romance #fantasy #flowers #spring #ontario
Ela J Meadows Stopping to smell the Lilacs Ottawa Canada
June 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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As her memory faded
She clung to her love
Repeating the mantra
All our love, all our love

#grief #poem #dementia #Alzheimers #gramma #grandma #90s #throwback #cute #sentimental #sad #missyou
A late-middle-aged blonde woman with short, styled hair wearing a white robe decorated with pink peonies on green vines holds an approximately 4-year-old Ela J Meadows wearing 90's style multicolored geometric patterned matching t-shirt and shorts with light brown hair in pigtails.
May 30, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Where do I sign up for an IV drip of the latter books?
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My favorite kind of book right there 💙

#books #booksky #bookstore #reading
Image reads: At the Bookstore: Book: hi I'm all sweet with a good ending me: hm promising Book: I will wreck your heart and your future and make you feel things you never have before like true pain and sorrow Me: I'll taKE IT
May 16, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Me: merrily writing a cutesy scene
Brain: How about a traumatic twist
Me: the whole point of this scene is that it's cute...
Brain: PIVOT TO A TRAUMA FLASBACK!
Me: well...sorry FMC...things are about to get rough.

#writing #booksky #fmc #ptsd #thatescalatedquickly #oops
a cartoon cat is eating popcorn on a bean bag chair .
Alt: a cartoon cat is eating popcorn on a bean bag chair .
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May 13, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Thoughts on doing miscommunication well?

So many plots rely on people being s** at communicating to the point that I'm sitting there screaming at the characters for being uncharacteristically stupid

So...how does one do miscommunication without enraging readers?
#writing #booksky #miscommunication
May 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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I have that excited chaotic urge to share a section, or even a few lines because they are *so good.*

But without context they make absolutely no sense... so I clearly have to keep writing to get this book finished ASAP so I can share!

#writing #author #booksky #excited #adhd #iamchaos #romance
May 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Happy mothers day to all maternal figures in the lives of those around them :)

My little Bear doesn't get featured on social media, but he had a great time taking pictures I can share with you!

#mothersday #tulipfestival #ottawa #servicedog #cute #celebrate #spring #garden #dog #doggo #puppy
Ela J Meadows, a curvy woman with brown hair about 3 inches long wearing a pale green lacey dress with lace cut outs on the long sleeves showing through to her arms sits with her black service dog in front of a bed of flowers
May 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Proud to have cracked 46,000 words today! Working title is "House Librarian" but...I need something better eventually.

What are your writing achievements of late?

#writing #booksky #author #fmc #mmc #friendstolovers #slowburn #library #cutesy #celebrate #acheivement #romance #author #canadian
Screenshot of the word count Pages: 78 Words: 46,001 Characters: 250,723 Characters excluding spaces: 205,870
May 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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What's your favourite part of writing?

I'm having a hard time settling on one, but at the moment, dreaming up and building the environment is filling me with delight.

I spotted this bed design, fell in love! And am particularly enjoying putting into words.
#writing #booksky #canlit #author #dream
An enormous circular bed with a white painted wooden frame highlighted in gold. The pink velvet headboard rises like a crown, gold scrolling gentling the transition from the large structure into the surrounding space. The metallic gold support for the canopy has butterfly details. White silk drapery accentuated with tendrils of pink wisteria on pale green vines spill to the floor.
May 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Latest obsession! Just don't look at the price tag☠️

I'm building my FMC's dream room and it's becoming my dream too! I wish I could have these, though I'd prefer white velvet to leather for texture

www.ebay.com/itm/39577100...

#writing #rococo #baroque #readingchair #cozy #cute #lolita #booksky
Two asymmetrical mirrored white leather, tufted French rococo baroque chairs with gold frames.
May 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Typical Evening Stroll

A new poem where I reflect on my experiences going for a walk after dark as a woman. It can admittedly be a little spooky and a lot frustrating to interact with irate strangers.

#poem #poetry #metoo #ottawa #writing #canlit #canadian #women #violenceagainstwomen
Typical Evening Stroll
He stood in the middle of the sidewalkJeans slung around his kneesLike a man child from the 2000’sTrying to be cool I hoped to skirt around himThe snowbanks three feet highWould make it difficultBu…
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May 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Less than 24h difference...this is life when it's spring in Ottawa!

Weather interacting with characters is such an interesting concept I'm working on implementing more into storytelling.

#onstorm #ottawa #writing #booksky #canadaskies #weather #spring #sunshine #snow #sunshine #weatherasacharacter
A city street in Ottawa with cars parked along the side, snow covering the ground and fine snow falling heavily, streaking across the image. Ela J Meadows (a Caucasian woman with short brown hair) tilts her face to the sunshine. A pale blue sky with puffy white clouds are above.
April 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM