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Hi! I’m svl yisanliu,

a Rotterdam-Based Writer and illustrator who creates post-apocalyptic MM romance fantasy, all original writing and art.

My world is climate-disrupted, with queer characters navigating love, politics, and two rival energies: natural Ability versus artificial Crystals. This site is where I’ll be sharing romantasy art, bonus stories featuring messy, gay characters, and world-building wiki entries about a post-climate collapse reality with two competing energies.

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Email: svl(@)theacdseries.com
Goodreads: /svlyisanliu
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On my blog:

• Transmigration danmei review: The Disabled God of War
  Transmigration danmei review: The Disabled God of War Became My Concubine. Do I recommend: yes, and here’s why. Covered ◊ After the Disabled God of War Became My Concubine Vol. 1-3 … Read more
• Ensnared: post-apo romance with MM subplot
  Post-apocalyptic romance review (MF and MM subplot). Do I recommend it? Not at all. Covered: ◊ Ensnared ◊ ◊ Premise: The book follows Eden, a librarian who survived in a post-apocalyptic … Read more
• Danmei about the romance between a cat and a demon cultivator
  Danmei about the romance between a cat and a demon cultivator (And why not to read it). Covered: danmei ◊ “The White Cat’s Divine Scratching Post” Vol. 1 ◊ ◊ The … Read more
• The art of bridges in my MM fantasy books
  The art of bridges in my MM fantasy books. Why bridges are a central concept in my romantasy and how I came to draw them this way. ◊ Why this concept … Read more
• Enemies to lovers in MM romantasy
  Enemies to lovers in MM romantasy. … And why I chose not to write it? What is the enemies-to-lovers trope, why does it hit so hard in MM romantasy, what are … Read more
• Danmei about a disabled tyrant and his fish
  Danmei about a disabled tyrant and his fish. A transmigration danmei worth picking up (but with disclaimers). ◊ The premise (from Goodreads):“After Li Yu stays up all night to read an … Read more
• Western MM romantasy: two very different slow burns
  Western MM romantasy. Two very different slow burns: Captive Prince and A Taste of Gold and Iron. Both sit high on MM romance fantasy recommendation lists, and both earned that (up … Read more
• MM Romance Fantasy Art: The Gates
  MM Romance Fantasy Art. The Gates: from early sketches to full-color digital illustrations of the Gates: a concept for the after-climate-disruption (ACD) world of my MM romance fantasy stories. ◊ Twenty … Read more
• Chinese MM romance fantasy: where to start (and why)?
  Chinese MM romance fantasy. Where to start (and why)? Covered: ◊ The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (The Untamed) ◊ Thrice Married to a Salted Fish ◊ Ballad of Sword and Wine … Read more