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Davinia Evans (Dee)

@cupiscent.bsky.social

Author and avid reader of fantasy fiction. NOTORIOUS SORCERER βš—βš”, SHADOW BARON πŸŽ΄πŸ—‘οΈ and REBEL BLADEπŸ’₯πŸ‰ out now from Orbit! (she/her - Australian - cupiscent on just about everything - website & newsletter at viscerate.com)

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So bummed to be missing this one. (Scheduling just did not work out for us.) Rock out extra for me! 🀘

05.12.2025 04:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hooray for The Nile! The not so evil big river website!

05.12.2025 03:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
36 River Cove Place, Helensvale QLD 4212 | Domain 14 bedroom house for Sale at 36 River Cove Place, Helensvale QLD 4212. View property photos, floor plans, local school catchments & lots more on Domain.com.au. 2019950859

I cannot stop laughing at this amazingly ridiculous house: www.domain.com.au/36-river-cov...

(The statue overlooking the pool! The decoration on everything! It has THE LAST SUPPER painted on the ceiling of the outdoor dining area, oh god, I can't breathe for mirth...)

04.12.2025 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I just finished reading this one (available in Australia! Yay!) and it's a perfect little gem: sharp and sweet, tired and tenacious, brutal and delicate. A very canny faery tale.

04.12.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Genuinely cannot overstate how cranky this loaf is. 🀣

03.12.2025 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've given my cat some sort of crisis. I just wanted to get to work and not be pestered, so I preemptively relinquished the desk chair and just pulled up a dining chair. But the cat's been prowling for fifteen minutes because she wants to steal my chair, but it's not the good chair???

03.12.2025 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

That's so wonderful to hear, thank you! πŸ₯°

03.12.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Always. I cannot be stopped! πŸ˜‚ But it's still going to be a while before anything is ready for publication.

03.12.2025 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much! Fun is so very what we aim for. 😁

03.12.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They are SUCH great covers. Thanks! ❀️

03.12.2025 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Unrestrained summer fun! πŸ˜‚πŸ«Ά

03.12.2025 22:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A banner reads: "One year of the complete Burnished City!" alongside the angled and overlapping covers of Notorious Sorcerer, Shadow Baron and Rebel Blade by Davinia Evans.

A banner reads: "One year of the complete Burnished City!" alongside the angled and overlapping covers of Notorious Sorcerer, Shadow Baron and Rebel Blade by Davinia Evans.

Today marks a year since my Burnished City trilogy concluded. Still so proud of my desperate disaster trio and their story of defying the rules--in magic, in politics, and in love!

Never too late to join the fun. Start with the "wickedly entertaining" NOTORIOUS SORCERER. viscerate.com?page_id=243

03.12.2025 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 5

I am looking forward to this one!

03.12.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A banner reads: "One year of the complete Burnished City!" alongside the angled and overlapping covers of Notorious Sorcerer, Shadow Baron and Rebel Blade by Davinia Evans.

A banner reads: "One year of the complete Burnished City!" alongside the angled and overlapping covers of Notorious Sorcerer, Shadow Baron and Rebel Blade by Davinia Evans.

Today marks a year since my Burnished City trilogy concluded. Still so proud of my desperate disaster trio and their story of defying the rules--in magic, in politics, and in love!

Never too late to join the fun. Start with the "wickedly entertaining" NOTORIOUS SORCERER. viscerate.com?page_id=243

03.12.2025 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 5

And ALSO wow, Australian government, now you're forcing Australia's children to only engage with Youtube not signed in, so there's no way for there to be parental or other user controls on content, no way to block videos or channels, no way to actually avoid harmful content. FUCKING GENIUS!

03.12.2025 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It shouldn't. The Aust Govt says YTKids is out of scope. But WILL IT? Will my kid incandescently melt down on the morning of 10th December when she can't access all her YTKids favourites? WOW WHO KNOWS?

Anyway, too keyed up to write now. Guess I'm going to aggressively mop instead.

03.12.2025 00:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sat down to write and immediately got an email from Youtube about how from next week Aussies under 16 won't be allowed to sign in to YT. Not a single word anywhere about whether that applies to YTKids. And, of course, no way of asking, because no one gets to do that anymore.

03.12.2025 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Both of these things have already happened to my kid with existing gates, completely derailing the shopping each time because of her distress, but this new monstrosity looks even worse.

03.12.2025 00:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh excellent, the perfect height to whack a small child in the face! πŸ€¦β€β™€οΈ

03.12.2025 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Back at university, my international relations professor started a lecture by saying: "I've been accused of only teaching about the US being stupid, so in the interests of variety, today we're talking about the Falklands War." And that's what I always think of when someone mentions the Falklands...

02.12.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

oh, what a decadent and delightful idea!

02.12.2025 09:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

As noted, you can always come back later for honours! Doesn't have to be right now

02.12.2025 04:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I do agree with Eddie that honours is intellectual fun. However, you DO have a lot on, and sometimes unexpected and crunchy deadlines. Discussing logistics with the relevant university parties might help you get clarity on whether there's enough flexibility to make it actually fun in the doing?

02.12.2025 03:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Not where it truly matters! (in our hearts)

30.11.2025 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Notorious in many ways... πŸ˜‚ Love to see it! ❀️

30.11.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Notorious Sorcerer by Davinia Evans with a shelftalker that says Disaster Gays!

Notorious Sorcerer by Davinia Evans with a shelftalker that says Disaster Gays!

Diaster Gays!

Notorious Sorcerer has regained its shelftalker!

@cupiscent.bsky.social πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–

30.11.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Now I *love* a slow burn, but this critique isn't just thinly-veiled homophobic nonsense, it's bad critique. If you're saying "the steak would have been better ground and cooked in a patty" you're not critiquing a steak, you're saying you wanted a hamburger.

30.11.2025 03:55 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh wow, another absolutely gorgeous cover for this book!

29.11.2025 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

From the kitten's POV: oh YES!

29.11.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

NEWS JUST IN! A new book will in fact solve all your problems

17.11.2025 09:17 β€” πŸ‘ 245    πŸ” 81    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 15

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