your pal finn (@attorneytrash.bsky.social)

@attorneytrash.bsky.social Feb 14, 2026, 3:49 PM Pinned

Yaaaay #CUPIT time! disgraced actor formerly known as America's Boyfriend VS. serial reality TV villain. three weeks, three fan conventions, and a whole lot of antics.

❤️romcom (com heavy)
📺celebrity hijinks
😈characters behaving badly
🌈mlm enemies to lovers
#CR #RC #LGBT

an illustration of two boys, pictured from the shoulders up. One is blonde with an annoyed expression, the other is dark haired and grinning, making a peace sign with one hand and poking the blonde's cheek with the other. below, superimposed over a smartphone, are the words THE VILLAIN EDIT (attorneytrash)

At twenty-six, Max Reilly is already ex a lot of things. Ex-star of Affinity, the TV drama he led for three seasons. Ex-fiancé of Holly Aveline, his costar, who hasn’t spoken to him since the scandal that tanked his career. And ex-darling of the show’s fan base, who went from love letters to death threats faster than the speed of cable.
Most of all, Max is exhausted. The last thing he wants is to be back in the public eye. But when offered a deal to get out of his contract for good, it’s hard to resist—even if the catch is a pre-season publicity tour with Affinity’s current cast. Even if that means weeks on the road with not only his former castmates, but also the show’s newest cast member: Nico Mariani, a scandal-happy reality TV transplant known for exclusively playing villains.
It’s only a few weeks. A few weeks facing crowds of people who actively hate him, of being hounded by gossip columnists, of being trapped on-and-offstage with Nico, who Max can’t shake to save his life.
Because as it turns out, Nico has his own deal with the producers—and soon angry fans and nosy reporters will be the least of Max’s problems.

EXCERPT:
Nico’s first thought on seeing Max Reilly in the flesh had been, damn, this dude’s tall.
He wasn’t sure what he’d expected. Rory Harper, maybe, that archetypal boy-next-door who’d bit the dust at the end of Affinity season three. There was this one publicity still of him—white t-shirt, jeans, flannel tied around the waist, artistically placed smudges of grease—that was pinned to the vision boards of church-and-chevy girls nationwide. Oh my god, so dreamy, fuck me in a hayloft, etc.
Max Reilly was a very different creature. Nico had him cataloged in one go. Indoorsy, sleepy eyes, hair unfortunately cut with the roots grown in. Skittish. Bad posture. Cargo pants (seriously). He didn’t dress like America’s Boyfriend, or anyone’s boyfriend, honestly, if we were being totally honest here, if we were being candid. He was, to put it nicely, nothing to write in your diary about.
Tall, though, damn. And those freckles. But that was the devil talking.

@attorneytrash.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 2:19 PM

thank you!! nothing i love writing more than banter ^^

@paisley-rose.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 2:01 PMReposted by @attorneytrash.bsky.social

My new book comes out in a few days but I am too sick to properly promote it, so I'm recycling an older post. Carbon footprint and all that.

books2read.com/getluckycharm

@attorneytrash.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 1:56 PM

update: 13k written, still aiming to be under 25k, finally has a title, and i want to finish it by the end of the month... while also working on Our Mutual Boyfriend simultaneously... normal workload

@attorneytrash.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 1:30 PM

so funny to me that this romance focuses on tam and his girlfriend's ex but the funniest stuff to write is always between him and his girlfriend. one brain cell between these two

I let out a long-suffering sigh and lay back, throwing my arms wide. “Go ahead, then. Have your way with me.”
“You are such a pillow princess.” She came up and sat on me, and not in a sexy way. Like, on my chest. I wheezed. “It’s just a month, Tam. He works nights anyway, so you’ll barely see each other. And he makes a really good lasagna.”
I slung my arms around her waist, mentally weighing lasagna against my girlfriend’s hot ex who she was obsessed with living in our apartment and walking around all hot and probably shirtless.
“He has to keep his shirt on,” I said.
She looked at me like I was exhibiting concussion symptoms. “…Why wouldn’t he? Is this a 90’s porn? People don’t walk around shirtless in other people’s apartments.”
“You wouldn’t walk around shirtless in other people’s apartments if you looked like that?”
The notion seemed to shake her slightly. She was quiet for a moment. “…Damn.”
“I’m saying."

@cleadraw.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 10:40 AMReposted by @attorneytrash.bsky.social

Hi #PortfolioDay 🌿
I am Léa, a queer artist working on Book Covers, Graphic Novels and other Illustrations.
🖼️ Leacharbonnier.art
🌈 Rep'd by @sandraproudman.bsky.social

@anineillustration.com Oct 13, 2026, 9:23 AMReposted by @attorneytrash.bsky.social

Hello #Portfolioday!
I'm Anine, an illustrator based in Scotland, and I'm looking for work - email me if you think I'd be a good fit for your project ✨

💻 www.anineillustration.com
💌 [email protected]
(I also do private commissions, email me for that too)

A snippet from a larger piece showing a group of people digging up a big stone head and some smaller atrefacts. Some people are drawing. There are goats as well.

A drawing of some items arranged neatly: A tortoiseshell comb, a blue ribbon, a notebook with paper scraps, two keys, a sealed letter, a knife or letter opener (ornate), a majolica bottle with a blue bird design, a pencil with a pencil extender, some sweets, and a string with coins threaded onto it.

A drawing of some things you might find in a kitchen: a tea towel, a bundle of herbs (parsley, thyme, sage, bay), two wooden spoons, some butcher's twine, a cutting board, a big knife, a candle stub on a little plate, a ceramic jar, some cardamom pods, a garlic bulb (bisected).

Three small drawings: One of a shrine under a pine tree with a stone inside, one of a salamander on the forest floor, one of a coastal path with stone steps, two tall trees, stone columns and two hikers in the distance. The overall feel is very late summer to early autumn.

@attorneytrash.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 12:54 AM

i'm a few chapters in now and really enjoying it so far!!

@attorneytrash.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 11:01 PM

stumbled upon this in the bookstore the other day and i'm soooo hyped to read it. two of my favorite things combined and just in time for spooky season...

@attorneytrash.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 1:11 PM

with this and our state fair collab we could be unstoppable in an extremely niche and confusing way

@attorneytrash.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 1:03 PM

well don't worry i won't stay a step ahead of you for long. due to my incredible laziness and lack of commitment to anything but writing novels

@attorneytrash.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 1:00 PM

man. if i ever get it together enough to do a prompt game i'm gonna do one specifically about humor and comedy writing. i have no credentials to justify my doing this but i AM willing to be punished for my hubris which is basically the same thing

@attorneytrash.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 12:43 PM

holds my hands out. give them to me

@attorneytrash.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 12:34 PM

(local so-called romcom writer once again yelling about how most romcom movies aren't actually funny SORRY DON'T THROW ROCKS AT ME)

@attorneytrash.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 12:32 PM

this is something i am very old man yells at cloud about, and obviously different things will be funny to different people, but i will always say this: if you're imitating or trying to learn from the humor of a specific type of media, did that thing ACTUALLY MAKE YOU LAUGH? OUT LOUD?

@attorneytrash.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 12:29 PM

i genuinely think writing good comedy is like eighty percent consuming good comedy, not just in novels but in tv movies etc. this is a controversial opinion but i think a lot of people try to recreate the humor of things that aren't actually funny in their writing, and it comes across flat.

@attorneytrash.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 12:20 PM

tam: it is an actual crime for someone with your physique to just stick on a pair of cat ears instead of cosplaying something. think of your potential. think of the people you're robbing noah: meow tam: if you meow at me one more time i swear to god isabella: let him speak

@attorneytrash.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 12:05 PM

i have a HUGE issue with same voice syndrome, so what i usually do is write the dialogue as it comes naturally, then do a voice edit in the second draft. so as i'm reading through the first i try to notice where the voices naturally differ and then heighten those differences. if that makes sense

@attorneytrash.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 2:07 AM

i think if i make three posts in a row with typos i should actually be sent to the shadow realm

@askylitocean.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 1:51 AMReposted by @attorneytrash.bsky.social

@attorneytrash.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 10:22 PM

tam and isabella are arguing about whether noah should be leon kennedy or solid snake for halloween and noah is saying guys please don't fight. i'm not dressing as either of those things because i'm not a fcking nerd. i'm gonna be a sexy cat