Calandra Hunter
@calandrahunter.bsky.social
Writer of queer paranormal romance. (Primarily gay, but also some sapphic). 🔞
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Other places to find me because you never know, and also my linktree: linktr.ee/calandrahunter #indieauthor
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nsfw content gets a rap of being easy money or "the dream" but every single one of us is wondering what's going to happen when the life we've built for ourselves is going to get taken away by law or platform TOS
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
nsfw content gets a rap of being easy money or "the dream" but every single one of us is wondering what's going to happen when the life we've built for ourselves is going to get taken away by law or platform TOS
If you like spooky sapphic books, good news, the @iheartsapphfic.bsky.social Spooky Spectacular is back!
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IHS Sapphic Spooky Spectacular eBook Sale Page - I Heart SapphFic
IHS Sapphic Spooky Spectacular eBook Sale Page - Welcome to the I Heart SapphFic's Sapphic Spooky Spectacular eBook Sale Page! October 16 through October 18 Do you love getting lost in stories that se...
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October 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
If you like spooky sapphic books, good news, the @iheartsapphfic.bsky.social Spooky Spectacular is back!
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What a fantastic piece, in which @readingtheend.bsky.social absolutely nails what's wrong with publisher-monetised fanfic.
"Let’s not get into the habit of trawling the wriggling, unknowable sea floor that is fandom, only to feed its most palatable morsels into the hungry maw of capitalism."
"Let’s not get into the habit of trawling the wriggling, unknowable sea floor that is fandom, only to feed its most palatable morsels into the hungry maw of capitalism."
"Feed fanfic into capitalism, and it comes out shaped like capitalism."
@readingtheend.bsky.social dissects the trend pulling fanfiction through the traditional publishing pipeline (and what it means for fandom):
reactormag.com/with-the-ser...
@readingtheend.bsky.social dissects the trend pulling fanfiction through the traditional publishing pipeline (and what it means for fandom):
reactormag.com/with-the-ser...
With the Serial Numbers Filed Off: The Problem with Trad Pub Fanfic - Reactor
Jenny Hamilton looks closer at three Dramione fics-turned-novels publishing this year.
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September 24, 2025 at 7:09 AM
What a fantastic piece, in which @readingtheend.bsky.social absolutely nails what's wrong with publisher-monetised fanfic.
"Let’s not get into the habit of trawling the wriggling, unknowable sea floor that is fandom, only to feed its most palatable morsels into the hungry maw of capitalism."
"Let’s not get into the habit of trawling the wriggling, unknowable sea floor that is fandom, only to feed its most palatable morsels into the hungry maw of capitalism."
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Duck Prints Press, indie publisher founded by fancreators to help fancreators publish their original LGBTQIA+ work, needs YOU! 🫵
Seeking: new backers for our Patreon! People who boost our post about it a chance to win a book! Learn all the many details on our webpage: tinyurl.com/mus57v48
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Seeking: new backers for our Patreon! People who boost our post about it a chance to win a book! Learn all the many details on our webpage: tinyurl.com/mus57v48
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September 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Duck Prints Press, indie publisher founded by fancreators to help fancreators publish their original LGBTQIA+ work, needs YOU! 🫵
Seeking: new backers for our Patreon! People who boost our post about it a chance to win a book! Learn all the many details on our webpage: tinyurl.com/mus57v48
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Seeking: new backers for our Patreon! People who boost our post about it a chance to win a book! Learn all the many details on our webpage: tinyurl.com/mus57v48
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September 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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On itch io, payment processors, and the developers and creatives affected
I wrote about the itch deindexing, stripe, a religious group & a call to action + shared amazing words from 25 affected creators who took their time to write me.
🔁 RTs Appreciated 🔁
#itch #indiedev #visualnovel #comic #novel
I wrote about the itch deindexing, stripe, a religious group & a call to action + shared amazing words from 25 affected creators who took their time to write me.
🔁 RTs Appreciated 🔁
#itch #indiedev #visualnovel #comic #novel
On itch.io, payment processors, and the developers and creatives affected - Press SPACE to Jump
Itch.io deindexed adult, LGBTQIA+ and Furry media en masse across their site on July 23 due to pressure from payment processors, so creators are speaking up.
pressspacetojump.com
July 26, 2025 at 5:46 AM
On itch io, payment processors, and the developers and creatives affected
I wrote about the itch deindexing, stripe, a religious group & a call to action + shared amazing words from 25 affected creators who took their time to write me.
🔁 RTs Appreciated 🔁
#itch #indiedev #visualnovel #comic #novel
I wrote about the itch deindexing, stripe, a religious group & a call to action + shared amazing words from 25 affected creators who took their time to write me.
🔁 RTs Appreciated 🔁
#itch #indiedev #visualnovel #comic #novel
Oh look, some shitty pressure group is telling payment processors that adults aren't allowed to have fun: itch.io/updates/upda...
Congrats on causing an UNSAFER online environment, asshats.
Congrats on causing an UNSAFER online environment, asshats.
Update on NSFW content
We have “deindexed” all adult NSFW content from our browse and search pages. We understand this action is sudden and disruptive, and we are truly sorry for the frustration and confusion caused by...
itch.io
July 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Oh look, some shitty pressure group is telling payment processors that adults aren't allowed to have fun: itch.io/updates/upda...
Congrats on causing an UNSAFER online environment, asshats.
Congrats on causing an UNSAFER online environment, asshats.
What a load of bullshit. If you know you have a weakness as an author, you either work to improve that weakness, for example fight scenes. You practise. You ask for beta readers. Feedback.
Or you decide to avoid it for now. Both options are fine.
Using genAI to write is NOT fine, jfc.
Or you decide to avoid it for now. Both options are fine.
Using genAI to write is NOT fine, jfc.
This is an "author" using the idea that you shouldn't suffer for your art AS A REASON TO USE GENERATIVE AI TO WRITE INSTEAD.
That is not what that phrase means. It doesn't mean you shouldn't emotionally connect with your art--it means you shouldn't fucking starve or have chronic depression.
That is not what that phrase means. It doesn't mean you shouldn't emotionally connect with your art--it means you shouldn't fucking starve or have chronic depression.
July 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
What a load of bullshit. If you know you have a weakness as an author, you either work to improve that weakness, for example fight scenes. You practise. You ask for beta readers. Feedback.
Or you decide to avoid it for now. Both options are fine.
Using genAI to write is NOT fine, jfc.
Or you decide to avoid it for now. Both options are fine.
Using genAI to write is NOT fine, jfc.
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Our Kickstarter campaign to make stickers, magnets, key chains, earrings, washi tape, and lanyards out of ten adorable Pride-flag-themed dragons by Florilège has launched! Signal boosts and backing both very appreciated: www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
#pride #pride2025 🌈 🏳️🌈
#pride #pride2025 🌈 🏳️🌈
June 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Our Kickstarter campaign to make stickers, magnets, key chains, earrings, washi tape, and lanyards out of ten adorable Pride-flag-themed dragons by Florilège has launched! Signal boosts and backing both very appreciated: www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
#pride #pride2025 🌈 🏳️🌈
#pride #pride2025 🌈 🏳️🌈
The initial deadline has passed, nothing in the email thread from the organiser *or* other participants. Nice to know I don't need to feel bad about dropping out since no one cared, but also ugh.
Kinda figured that if I emailed an anthology organiser to say I had to drop out I'd at least get a reply back to acknowledge that, but I sent that dropping out email on Friday, so I guess not 🤷♀️
(It wasn't even a big anthology either, and mostly informal)
(It wasn't even a big anthology either, and mostly informal)
July 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The initial deadline has passed, nothing in the email thread from the organiser *or* other participants. Nice to know I don't need to feel bad about dropping out since no one cared, but also ugh.
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You can still enter to win! Want an audiobook for this weekend? Drop a comment on the post on SBTB and let us know which book from our playlist you want most (and they're not all pictured below).
We created a top pick recommendations playlist @libro.fm and they've set us up with a giveaway: you can win one of our top picks this week!
And, if you sign up for a membership, your purchases can help support your favorite local independent bookshop, or a library friends-of!
wp.me/padxrA-Clw
And, if you sign up for a membership, your purchases can help support your favorite local independent bookshop, or a library friends-of!
wp.me/padxrA-Clw
July 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
You can still enter to win! Want an audiobook for this weekend? Drop a comment on the post on SBTB and let us know which book from our playlist you want most (and they're not all pictured below).
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June 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Kinda figured that if I emailed an anthology organiser to say I had to drop out I'd at least get a reply back to acknowledge that, but I sent that dropping out email on Friday, so I guess not 🤷♀️
(It wasn't even a big anthology either, and mostly informal)
(It wasn't even a big anthology either, and mostly informal)
June 24, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Kinda figured that if I emailed an anthology organiser to say I had to drop out I'd at least get a reply back to acknowledge that, but I sent that dropping out email on Friday, so I guess not 🤷♀️
(It wasn't even a big anthology either, and mostly informal)
(It wasn't even a big anthology either, and mostly informal)
For the sapphic bookworms, @iheartsapphfic.bsky.social
is doing their Great Pride Giveaway: iheartsapphfic.com/2025/06/08/g...
The one for the 8th of June has 54 books up for grabs, including The Gargoyle Gets A Girlfriend! #sapphicromance #sapphfic
is doing their Great Pride Giveaway: iheartsapphfic.com/2025/06/08/g...
The one for the 8th of June has 54 books up for grabs, including The Gargoyle Gets A Girlfriend! #sapphicromance #sapphfic
Great Pride Giveaway: Day 8 - I Heart SapphFic
Great Pride Giveaway: Day 8 - Welcome to IHS's Great Pride Giveaway! June is a special month for us at IHS Headquarters because it's Pride season. Which means rainbows galore! That
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June 9, 2025 at 8:38 AM
For the sapphic bookworms, @iheartsapphfic.bsky.social
is doing their Great Pride Giveaway: iheartsapphfic.com/2025/06/08/g...
The one for the 8th of June has 54 books up for grabs, including The Gargoyle Gets A Girlfriend! #sapphicromance #sapphfic
is doing their Great Pride Giveaway: iheartsapphfic.com/2025/06/08/g...
The one for the 8th of June has 54 books up for grabs, including The Gargoyle Gets A Girlfriend! #sapphicromance #sapphfic
If you're looking for new books to read: indievisibleevents.com
There's currently a Summer Extravaganza AND you can look for loads of different queer rep! Ace, lesbian, gay, bi, nb, trans - all have their own tag to make it easier to find the rep you're looking for #indieauthors
There's currently a Summer Extravaganza AND you can look for loads of different queer rep! Ace, lesbian, gay, bi, nb, trans - all have their own tag to make it easier to find the rep you're looking for #indieauthors
Indievisible
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June 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
If you're looking for new books to read: indievisibleevents.com
There's currently a Summer Extravaganza AND you can look for loads of different queer rep! Ace, lesbian, gay, bi, nb, trans - all have their own tag to make it easier to find the rep you're looking for #indieauthors
There's currently a Summer Extravaganza AND you can look for loads of different queer rep! Ace, lesbian, gay, bi, nb, trans - all have their own tag to make it easier to find the rep you're looking for #indieauthors
For the sapphic bookworms, @iheartsapphfic.bsky.social is doing their Great Pride Giveaway: iheartsapphfic.com/2025/06/04/g...
Today there's 46!!! books up for grabs, including The Gargoyle Gets A Girlfriend! #sapphicromance
Today there's 46!!! books up for grabs, including The Gargoyle Gets A Girlfriend! #sapphicromance
Great Pride Giveaway: Day 4 - I Heart SapphFic
Great Pride Giveaway: Day 4 - Welcome to IHS's Great Pride Giveaway! June is a special month for us at IHS Headquarters because it's Pride season. Which means rainbows galore! That
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June 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
For the sapphic bookworms, @iheartsapphfic.bsky.social is doing their Great Pride Giveaway: iheartsapphfic.com/2025/06/04/g...
Today there's 46!!! books up for grabs, including The Gargoyle Gets A Girlfriend! #sapphicromance
Today there's 46!!! books up for grabs, including The Gargoyle Gets A Girlfriend! #sapphicromance
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So, I think it's time I begin, in detailed specifics, talking about the mess that is Unbound / Boundless as a book publisher, in essence stealing most of a years royalties from me and many other authors, as a result of poor financial decisions, and legal BS.
Please read and share this thread.
Please read and share this thread.
May 31, 2025 at 9:33 AM
So, I think it's time I begin, in detailed specifics, talking about the mess that is Unbound / Boundless as a book publisher, in essence stealing most of a years royalties from me and many other authors, as a result of poor financial decisions, and legal BS.
Please read and share this thread.
Please read and share this thread.
I choose to focus on the people in the replies who go 'I was on Depp's side when it went down, but I have since changed my mind'. Changing your mind after thinking about it more or when you learn more about a thing, we love to see it!
On the three-year anniversary of the verdict in Depp v. Heard, I wrote about realizing the terrible truth that she was, in fact, the victim—and seeing the DARVO playbook weaponized against endless women online and in the courts ever since.
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What we didn't learn from Depp v. Heard
On the three-year anniversary of the verdict, the cycle of DARVO and misogyny continues.
spitfirenews.com
June 2, 2025 at 6:20 AM
I choose to focus on the people in the replies who go 'I was on Depp's side when it went down, but I have since changed my mind'. Changing your mind after thinking about it more or when you learn more about a thing, we love to see it!
I still have opinions about #DoctorWho but on a positive note, I bet there are people writing Mel/The Rani hatesex right now 👌
June 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I still have opinions about #DoctorWho but on a positive note, I bet there are people writing Mel/The Rani hatesex right now 👌
Okay, what the fuck was that, #doctorwho.
May 31, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Okay, what the fuck was that, #doctorwho.
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It's Mystery/Suspense/Thriller Week on IHS!
Check out our recommendations for week #21 of the reading challenge, including 11 books on sale, right here: shorturl.at/BDcNH
And enter to win this week's giveaway by going here: shorturl.at/POmEr
#reading #sapphic #lesfic #booksonsale
Check out our recommendations for week #21 of the reading challenge, including 11 books on sale, right here: shorturl.at/BDcNH
And enter to win this week's giveaway by going here: shorturl.at/POmEr
#reading #sapphic #lesfic #booksonsale
May 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
It's Mystery/Suspense/Thriller Week on IHS!
Check out our recommendations for week #21 of the reading challenge, including 11 books on sale, right here: shorturl.at/BDcNH
And enter to win this week's giveaway by going here: shorturl.at/POmEr
#reading #sapphic #lesfic #booksonsale
Check out our recommendations for week #21 of the reading challenge, including 11 books on sale, right here: shorturl.at/BDcNH
And enter to win this week's giveaway by going here: shorturl.at/POmEr
#reading #sapphic #lesfic #booksonsale
If you're in Europe and you haven't yet: www.euronews.com/next/2025/05...
How to stop Meta from using your data to train its AI
At the end of May, Meta will start using Europeans’ data to train its AI. Here is how you can exercise your rights and prevent it.
www.euronews.com
May 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
If you're in Europe and you haven't yet: www.euronews.com/next/2025/05...
Why do I have to tell Amazon whether I used AI tools in the creation of my book if they aren't gonna make that a filter for readers?? 🙃 #indieauthor
May 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Why do I have to tell Amazon whether I used AI tools in the creation of my book if they aren't gonna make that a filter for readers?? 🙃 #indieauthor
It's Grumpy/Sunshine Week in @iheartsapphfic.bsky.social 's Reading Challenge, and Teresa and Charlotte are a part of it!
More info: iheartsapphfic.com/2025/05/19/2025-i-heart-sapphfic-reading-challenge-week-twenty-12-books-on-sale/
#sapphicbooks #sapphicromance
More info: iheartsapphfic.com/2025/05/19/2025-i-heart-sapphfic-reading-challenge-week-twenty-12-books-on-sale/
#sapphicbooks #sapphicromance
May 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
It's Grumpy/Sunshine Week in @iheartsapphfic.bsky.social 's Reading Challenge, and Teresa and Charlotte are a part of it!
More info: iheartsapphfic.com/2025/05/19/2025-i-heart-sapphfic-reading-challenge-week-twenty-12-books-on-sale/
#sapphicbooks #sapphicromance
More info: iheartsapphfic.com/2025/05/19/2025-i-heart-sapphfic-reading-challenge-week-twenty-12-books-on-sale/
#sapphicbooks #sapphicromance