Claire Light/Jadie Jang (she/her)
@seelight.bsky.social
Writer, #SJW, Monkey Queen, mixed race, differently fabled, Oxford comma, fried rice. Author of MONKEY AROUND. clairelight.org
Today's quote: "If you don't wanna be smooch-attacked, don't be so cute."
January 29, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Today's quote: "If you don't wanna be smooch-attacked, don't be so cute."
I don’t get how Game Changer could’ve been adapted into a Stucky fic. It’s a completely different story …?
January 28, 2026 at 7:16 AM
I don’t get how Game Changer could’ve been adapted into a Stucky fic. It’s a completely different story …?
Had to reboot everything to get my TV to play Paramount+. But now I’m watching Starfleet Academy. They have a Klingon named Jayden? And what’s with the design of the bridge? It’s weird and ugly.
January 26, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Had to reboot everything to get my TV to play Paramount+. But now I’m watching Starfleet Academy. They have a Klingon named Jayden? And what’s with the design of the bridge? It’s weird and ugly.
I’m DNFing the movie version of people we meet on vacation. It’s my least favorite Emily Henry anyway, and I’m hating the movie version.
January 23, 2026 at 7:09 AM
I’m DNFing the movie version of people we meet on vacation. It’s my least favorite Emily Henry anyway, and I’m hating the movie version.
I think I get it: Trump and his people are so corrupt, there’s a kind of purity in it. Where extremes meet.
January 20, 2026 at 9:24 AM
I think I get it: Trump and his people are so corrupt, there’s a kind of purity in it. Where extremes meet.
*insanely frustrated sounds*
PEOPLE. "Moreso" is not a word. It's two words. And where you're using the non-word "moreso," you should simply be using the word "more." Try it. English speakers have been using "more" in this way for centuries. It's a thing.
PEOPLE. "Moreso" is not a word. It's two words. And where you're using the non-word "moreso," you should simply be using the word "more." Try it. English speakers have been using "more" in this way for centuries. It's a thing.
December 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
*insanely frustrated sounds*
PEOPLE. "Moreso" is not a word. It's two words. And where you're using the non-word "moreso," you should simply be using the word "more." Try it. English speakers have been using "more" in this way for centuries. It's a thing.
PEOPLE. "Moreso" is not a word. It's two words. And where you're using the non-word "moreso," you should simply be using the word "more." Try it. English speakers have been using "more" in this way for centuries. It's a thing.
This is regarding what?
December 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is regarding what?
I say this bc most of the time when I'm at a watch party with friends and people talk over the movie/show, it's DURING DIALOGUE and I'm like 🤦♀️.
WHY IS THIS?!?!
WHY IS THIS?!?!
December 13, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I say this bc most of the time when I'm at a watch party with friends and people talk over the movie/show, it's DURING DIALOGUE and I'm like 🤦♀️.
WHY IS THIS?!?!
WHY IS THIS?!?!
Am I weird or pragmatic (or both?)
I don't actually mind people talking during a movie, AS LONG AS THEY DON'T DO IT DURING DIALOGUE. I can watch a car chase or a sex scene or a long, slow day-in-the-life moment while also listening to commentary.
BUT I CAN'T HEAR 2 PEOPLE TALKING AT THE SAME TIME.
I don't actually mind people talking during a movie, AS LONG AS THEY DON'T DO IT DURING DIALOGUE. I can watch a car chase or a sex scene or a long, slow day-in-the-life moment while also listening to commentary.
BUT I CAN'T HEAR 2 PEOPLE TALKING AT THE SAME TIME.
December 13, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Am I weird or pragmatic (or both?)
I don't actually mind people talking during a movie, AS LONG AS THEY DON'T DO IT DURING DIALOGUE. I can watch a car chase or a sex scene or a long, slow day-in-the-life moment while also listening to commentary.
BUT I CAN'T HEAR 2 PEOPLE TALKING AT THE SAME TIME.
I don't actually mind people talking during a movie, AS LONG AS THEY DON'T DO IT DURING DIALOGUE. I can watch a car chase or a sex scene or a long, slow day-in-the-life moment while also listening to commentary.
BUT I CAN'T HEAR 2 PEOPLE TALKING AT THE SAME TIME.
My new year's resolution for 2026 will be to slowly move toward a 100% biodegradable wardrobe. I have no idea how long this will take. Sigh.
November 26, 2025 at 4:39 AM
My new year's resolution for 2026 will be to slowly move toward a 100% biodegradable wardrobe. I have no idea how long this will take. Sigh.
Moments when you realize viscerally that you are neurodivergent: reading a scene in a book in which a sensory-enhanced character describes feeling everything on her body, and I’m like: that’s a Tuesday.
November 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Moments when you realize viscerally that you are neurodivergent: reading a scene in a book in which a sensory-enhanced character describes feeling everything on her body, and I’m like: that’s a Tuesday.
Okay. I’m reading a book that’s actually well written, but the author is STILL making up irregular past tenses. Now it’s “pat.” “She pat the bed bedside her” instead of “patted.” How can they not HEAR how wrong that is?
November 21, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Okay. I’m reading a book that’s actually well written, but the author is STILL making up irregular past tenses. Now it’s “pat.” “She pat the bed bedside her” instead of “patted.” How can they not HEAR how wrong that is?
If I’m going to drag my brain out of writing depression, I need to feed it. Possession excited me, and I need more. What do you recommend? I read next? If it’s contemporary literary fiction that thinks about literature and has romantic elements to it, like possession, that’s a plus.
November 9, 2025 at 4:47 AM
If I’m going to drag my brain out of writing depression, I need to feed it. Possession excited me, and I need more. What do you recommend? I read next? If it’s contemporary literary fiction that thinks about literature and has romantic elements to it, like possession, that’s a plus.
One of the difficulties of meditation is, the moment I start paying attention to my breath, breathing becomes difficult and laborious. And there’s no way too get back to autonomic breathing without turning my attention away from my breath. I’ve been meditating for months w/o improving. Suggestions?
November 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM
One of the difficulties of meditation is, the moment I start paying attention to my breath, breathing becomes difficult and laborious. And there’s no way too get back to autonomic breathing without turning my attention away from my breath. I’ve been meditating for months w/o improving. Suggestions?
Remember “Birthday” by the Sugarcubes? I was just listening to it and remembering how delightful it was, and realizing that it could be read as being about a pedo grooming a young child. Am I the problem?
November 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Remember “Birthday” by the Sugarcubes? I was just listening to it and remembering how delightful it was, and realizing that it could be read as being about a pedo grooming a young child. Am I the problem?
Why did Dick Cheney wait until his brand of evil was almost obsolete to die? It's like he didn't want us to take any delight in it.
November 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Why did Dick Cheney wait until his brand of evil was almost obsolete to die? It's like he didn't want us to take any delight in it.
Re-reading Byatt's Possession has me hungry for other lit fic romances. Can anyone recommend any others?
October 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Re-reading Byatt's Possession has me hungry for other lit fic romances. Can anyone recommend any others?
Not Writing
A wasp rises to its papery
nest under the eaves
where it daubs
at the gray shape,
but seems unable
to enter its own house.
Jane Kenyon
A wasp rises to its papery
nest under the eaves
where it daubs
at the gray shape,
but seems unable
to enter its own house.
Jane Kenyon
October 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Not Writing
A wasp rises to its papery
nest under the eaves
where it daubs
at the gray shape,
but seems unable
to enter its own house.
Jane Kenyon
A wasp rises to its papery
nest under the eaves
where it daubs
at the gray shape,
but seems unable
to enter its own house.
Jane Kenyon
Did you all know that chili crisp is amazing on cottage cheese?
September 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Did you all know that chili crisp is amazing on cottage cheese?
I think it’s about them not realizing that they can always say smile. So they try to find synonyms.
September 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I think it’s about them not realizing that they can always say smile. So they try to find synonyms.
Wow, that was a strong one!
September 22, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Wow, that was a strong one!
Can every single writer who sees this right now, drop everything and look up the word “smirk“?
It does not mean what most of you think it means.
It does not mean what most of you think it means.
September 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Can every single writer who sees this right now, drop everything and look up the word “smirk“?
It does not mean what most of you think it means.
It does not mean what most of you think it means.
Even though I risk some doof flying in here with cultural and class sensitivity, I stand by the principle that if you’re going to be a professional writer, you MUST know what the words you’re using mean, and how to use them.
September 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Even though I risk some doof flying in here with cultural and class sensitivity, I stand by the principle that if you’re going to be a professional writer, you MUST know what the words you’re using mean, and how to use them.
Is it just me, or are bay leaves the world’s biggest scam?
September 17, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Is it just me, or are bay leaves the world’s biggest scam?
The biggest fiction mistake millennials and gen Zers make is trying to use high flown language without reading 18th/19th century books. They almost inevitably use the idioms wrong, mix metaphors, and outright misconstrue the style.
I’m not saying don’t do it. I’m saying read the classics first!
I’m not saying don’t do it. I’m saying read the classics first!
September 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The biggest fiction mistake millennials and gen Zers make is trying to use high flown language without reading 18th/19th century books. They almost inevitably use the idioms wrong, mix metaphors, and outright misconstrue the style.
I’m not saying don’t do it. I’m saying read the classics first!
I’m not saying don’t do it. I’m saying read the classics first!