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
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?
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!
“Her neat script was scrawled across the page,”
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME????
#BadEditing #AlsoBadWriting
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME????
#BadEditing #AlsoBadWriting
September 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
“Her neat script was scrawled across the page,”
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME????
#BadEditing #AlsoBadWriting
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME????
#BadEditing #AlsoBadWriting
Note to self: no matter how many eggs you eat, eggs and toast for breakfast will ALWAYS leave you hungry all morning.
September 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Note to self: no matter how many eggs you eat, eggs and toast for breakfast will ALWAYS leave you hungry all morning.
If you shop at Free People, or would like to but it’s too expensive, they’re running an insane sale on TikTok RN. Every item, including designer collabs, is under ten dollars. I’m guessing these are return items.
Oh, actually u don’t even need TikTok here’s the link:
lirvonia.com?source=email...
Oh, actually u don’t even need TikTok here’s the link:
lirvonia.com?source=email...
FREE PEOPLE
FREE PEOPLE
lirvonia.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
If you shop at Free People, or would like to but it’s too expensive, they’re running an insane sale on TikTok RN. Every item, including designer collabs, is under ten dollars. I’m guessing these are return items.
Oh, actually u don’t even need TikTok here’s the link:
lirvonia.com?source=email...
Oh, actually u don’t even need TikTok here’s the link:
lirvonia.com?source=email...
Sooo … while I’m happy they’re making a new series of Lynley and Havers mysteries, I’m not thrilled that they named it just #Lynley, or that Havers is attractive now. One of the best things about Havers was that she wasn’t conventionally attractive.
September 7, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Sooo … while I’m happy they’re making a new series of Lynley and Havers mysteries, I’m not thrilled that they named it just #Lynley, or that Havers is attractive now. One of the best things about Havers was that she wasn’t conventionally attractive.
Argh. For the fiftieth time: “alumni” is PLURAL. Singular male is “alumnus” and female is “alumna.” I’d be fine doing away with the female version and just having everyone be an “alumnus.” Pick your poison, but please stop using “alumni” as singular, bc then we won’t have a singular and a plural.
August 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Argh. For the fiftieth time: “alumni” is PLURAL. Singular male is “alumnus” and female is “alumna.” I’d be fine doing away with the female version and just having everyone be an “alumnus.” Pick your poison, but please stop using “alumni” as singular, bc then we won’t have a singular and a plural.
Why is cheese so good?
August 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Why is cheese so good?
Sigh.
You know, there’s a word that means “increasingly less.” That word is “decreasingly.”
Sigh.
You know, there’s a word that means “increasingly less.” That word is “decreasingly.”
Sigh.
August 20, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Sigh.
You know, there’s a word that means “increasingly less.” That word is “decreasingly.”
Sigh.
You know, there’s a word that means “increasingly less.” That word is “decreasingly.”
Sigh.
“Hearty” vs. “hardy”: in short, soup is hearty, people are hardy. A laugh is hearty; a throat is hardy. An idea is hardy; its expression is hearty.
“Hearty” means full throated, robust, substantial, full of heart.
“Hardy” means tough, durable, sturdy, rugged.
“Hearty” means full throated, robust, substantial, full of heart.
“Hardy” means tough, durable, sturdy, rugged.
August 9, 2025 at 3:57 AM
“Hearty” vs. “hardy”: in short, soup is hearty, people are hardy. A laugh is hearty; a throat is hardy. An idea is hardy; its expression is hearty.
“Hearty” means full throated, robust, substantial, full of heart.
“Hardy” means tough, durable, sturdy, rugged.
“Hearty” means full throated, robust, substantial, full of heart.
“Hardy” means tough, durable, sturdy, rugged.
I'm stuck on the fourth episode of Ironheart. Why is the first teenaged Marvel superhero to outright MURDER someone a Black girl?
August 3, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I'm stuck on the fourth episode of Ironheart. Why is the first teenaged Marvel superhero to outright MURDER someone a Black girl?