Davinia Evans (Dee)
@cupiscent.bsky.social
Author and avid reader of fantasy fiction. NOTORIOUS SORCERER ⚗⚔, SHADOW BARON 🎴🗡️ and REBEL BLADE💥🐉 out now from Orbit! (she/her - Australian - cupiscent on just about everything - website & newsletter at viscerate.com)
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Come to the Burnished City, home of wild magic, sword-fighting street gangs, bad decisions, worse manners, high society, and one defiant alchemist.
Trilogy begins with NOTORIOUS SORCERER, continues with SHADOW BARON, and ends (in Dec 2024) with REBEL BLADE
More: viscerate.com?page_id=243
Trilogy begins with NOTORIOUS SORCERER, continues with SHADOW BARON, and ends (in Dec 2024) with REBEL BLADE
More: viscerate.com?page_id=243
Oh wow, another absolutely gorgeous cover for this book!
Canadian ARCs of AKOCA are starting to go out and I am so excited to welcome y’all to this epic swoony medieval India-inspired world! 🔥💋🔥
(I’ve been living here alone for YEARS.. it’s ok, it DEFINITELY hasn’t made me weird.. 😂😂😳😳)
Anyway.. you can preorder it now! ☺️
(I’ve been living here alone for YEARS.. it’s ok, it DEFINITELY hasn’t made me weird.. 😂😂😳😳)
Anyway.. you can preorder it now! ☺️
November 29, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Oh wow, another absolutely gorgeous cover for this book!
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NEWS JUST IN! A new book will in fact solve all your problems
November 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM
NEWS JUST IN! A new book will in fact solve all your problems
Devin wins at Australian here (BABY ECHIDNA) so I'll do 5 animals I've seen in the "wild" (not very wild) that are weird for me, an Australian:
Squirrels!
Hedgehog
Coati, near Iguazu
Capuchin monkeys, also at Iguazu, raiding the hotel balconies
Rakali (Aussie, but in my local suburban creek!)
Squirrels!
Hedgehog
Coati, near Iguazu
Capuchin monkeys, also at Iguazu, raiding the hotel balconies
Rakali (Aussie, but in my local suburban creek!)
i live in the bush so this five animals thing is significantly easier than the five concerts deal, i can even give you some vids of cute baby australian animals so let’s go!
animals i’ve taken pics of at my house, a 🧵
animals i’ve taken pics of at my house, a 🧵
introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild
seal
river otter
sea otter
elk
bald eagle
seal
river otter
sea otter
elk
bald eagle
November 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Devin wins at Australian here (BABY ECHIDNA) so I'll do 5 animals I've seen in the "wild" (not very wild) that are weird for me, an Australian:
Squirrels!
Hedgehog
Coati, near Iguazu
Capuchin monkeys, also at Iguazu, raiding the hotel balconies
Rakali (Aussie, but in my local suburban creek!)
Squirrels!
Hedgehog
Coati, near Iguazu
Capuchin monkeys, also at Iguazu, raiding the hotel balconies
Rakali (Aussie, but in my local suburban creek!)
Not to sound like a Gamer Of A Certain Age, but I think it would be good if more games had built-in stretch breaks.
November 28, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Not to sound like a Gamer Of A Certain Age, but I think it would be good if more games had built-in stretch breaks.
Of all the Black Friday nonsense I'm seeing (and seeing any at all here in Australia is a whole other rant) my favourite is "50% off hair removal".
Like... surely, in that situation, you either want it ALL off or NONE, right?
Like... surely, in that situation, you either want it ALL off or NONE, right?
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Of all the Black Friday nonsense I'm seeing (and seeing any at all here in Australia is a whole other rant) my favourite is "50% off hair removal".
Like... surely, in that situation, you either want it ALL off or NONE, right?
Like... surely, in that situation, you either want it ALL off or NONE, right?
Many many lots delicious reads, my friends. Enjoy your holiday reading! 💖
Hello gays and theys, the end of the year approach-eth, so you know what that means:
The second half of 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
Organized by month again, because that seemed to work pretty well last time!
The second half of 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
Organized by month again, because that seemed to work pretty well last time!
Hello queers and fears, it's almost Pride Month and I've got a gift for you:
the first six months of the 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
I'm organizing this by month so click on through!
the first six months of the 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
I'm organizing this by month so click on through!
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Many many lots delicious reads, my friends. Enjoy your holiday reading! 💖
And it's even harder find something set in regional Australia (and not just "generic desert and/or bush"). Possibly closest for me is this one, at least set in regional Qld, even if I wasn't quite in cane country...
November 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
And it's even harder find something set in regional Australia (and not just "generic desert and/or bush"). Possibly closest for me is this one, at least set in regional Qld, even if I wasn't quite in cane country...
How does this dog look so much like Wolverine? 😂
November 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
How does this dog look so much like Wolverine? 😂
Opting out of AI (again) is not sufficient; I need the option to nuke it from orbit.
November 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Opting out of AI (again) is not sufficient; I need the option to nuke it from orbit.
Spotted at my library as I whizzed past to get my reservations - NOTORIOUS SORCERER sharing display space with @kmenright.bsky.social ! A double delight!
November 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Spotted at my library as I whizzed past to get my reservations - NOTORIOUS SORCERER sharing display space with @kmenright.bsky.social ! A double delight!
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You know which British Fantasy Awards-shortlisted, Publishers Weekly starred-reviewed fantasy novel is on Kindle for just £2.99? THE BLACK COAST, by me! Dragon knights*! A mysterious warlord who may or may not be a demon! Culture clash, but also culture learning! www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Coast-...
Amazon.co.uk
www.amazon.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
You know which British Fantasy Awards-shortlisted, Publishers Weekly starred-reviewed fantasy novel is on Kindle for just £2.99? THE BLACK COAST, by me! Dragon knights*! A mysterious warlord who may or may not be a demon! Culture clash, but also culture learning! www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Coast-...
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I am freeing you now from bending your writing around "what sells."
Nothing sells!* Be free!
Nothing sells!* Be free!
November 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I am freeing you now from bending your writing around "what sells."
Nothing sells!* Be free!
Nothing sells!* Be free!
Yet another winner from my favourite cake cookbook ever - Yossy Arefi's Snacking Cakes. This is the lemony currant and rosemary cake. So good!
November 17, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Yet another winner from my favourite cake cookbook ever - Yossy Arefi's Snacking Cakes. This is the lemony currant and rosemary cake. So good!
Dead Poet's Society
November 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Dead Poet's Society
That's some cover gorgeousness right there!
It’s here: the cover for the UK edition of VILE LADY VILLAINS, coming out April 02 2026 by Penguin Michael Joseph🖤
November 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
That's some cover gorgeousness right there!
Just typoed involvement as "involement" which sounds like a terrible thing to do to a poor innocent rodent...
November 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Just typoed involvement as "involement" which sounds like a terrible thing to do to a poor innocent rodent...
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TorUK are giving my baby a whole new face for the paperback release in Feb! isn’t he a pretty boy? 😍
November 13, 2025 at 7:32 AM
TorUK are giving my baby a whole new face for the paperback release in Feb! isn’t he a pretty boy? 😍
About 100 pages into WITCH QUEEN OF REDWINTER, concluding the magnificent trilogy by @edmcdonald.bsky.social, and the OT3 is so intense I am just about ready to take a bite out of the scenery. (I love these books for Raine and her complex-young-woman take on Anakin Skywalker; this is gravy.)
November 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
About 100 pages into WITCH QUEEN OF REDWINTER, concluding the magnificent trilogy by @edmcdonald.bsky.social, and the OT3 is so intense I am just about ready to take a bite out of the scenery. (I love these books for Raine and her complex-young-woman take on Anakin Skywalker; this is gravy.)
Does anyone do a bourbon-barrel-aged imperial stout advent calendar? (They should!)
Failing that, champagne!
I contain multitudes. (Of booze, apparently... 🥂)
Failing that, champagne!
I contain multitudes. (Of booze, apparently... 🥂)
everything is bonkers right now and we need a timeline cleanse. let’s play a game. if I handed you a blank check but you could ONLY spend it on an Advent calendar, what absurdly pricy collection of little treats are you buying yourself?
November 11, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Does anyone do a bourbon-barrel-aged imperial stout advent calendar? (They should!)
Failing that, champagne!
I contain multitudes. (Of booze, apparently... 🥂)
Failing that, champagne!
I contain multitudes. (Of booze, apparently... 🥂)
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convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. share yours if you want!
(The Gentleman and His Vowsmith)
(The Gentleman and His Vowsmith)
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. share yours if you want!
(The Gentleman and His Vowsmith)
(The Gentleman and His Vowsmith)
I discovered this format just as Mr Dee said something hilarious, so this happened:
November 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I discovered this format just as Mr Dee said something hilarious, so this happened:
At the Leaf Bookshop in Ashburton celebrating genre fiction with a splendid panel of authors!
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
At the Leaf Bookshop in Ashburton celebrating genre fiction with a splendid panel of authors!
This weather is making my knee ache, and I don't remember ever getting an arrow in it, but I did play a lot of netball in my teens and I'm given to understand that's more or less the same thing... 😢
November 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
This weather is making my knee ache, and I don't remember ever getting an arrow in it, but I did play a lot of netball in my teens and I'm given to understand that's more or less the same thing... 😢
What outstanding advice. (As one often enjoys from @melissacaruso.bsky.social!) Embrace the edit. Thrive in the edit. Take the raw marble of your writing and turn it into the David it can truly be! (I love the edit. I yearn to be done with this first draft so I can leap joyously into the edit!)
And with advice on writing- don’t leave your writing as it starts, think about how cool it could be. Don’t leave it at the magikarp stage. Do not fear the edit, embrace the edit.
November 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
What outstanding advice. (As one often enjoys from @melissacaruso.bsky.social!) Embrace the edit. Thrive in the edit. Take the raw marble of your writing and turn it into the David it can truly be! (I love the edit. I yearn to be done with this first draft so I can leap joyously into the edit!)