Dracula by Bram Stoker. If you’re looking for a faithful, atmospheric version to get lost in, my complete and unabridged reading is now on YouTube. #booksky #horrorsky

45 years ago, I went to my first "proper" concert. It was Gary Numan at the Hammersmith Odeon with Nash the Slash as support. I bought a programme, which, miraculously, I still have, and I thought I'd share it 😊 #Numan #telekon #nostalgia #80s #80smusic

I have a new dog photography account on Instagram. I'm TheWexfordPhoDOGrapher. Well worth following if you like photos of dogs 📷🐶❤️

I took this last year. Can't remember the name of the pooch, but she was a very good girl 📷 #dogsofbluesky #bnwdogs #bnwphotography

A big storm, named Floris by the UK Met Office, is heading our way over the coming days and is likely to bring unseasonably strong winds, writes Environment Correspondent George Lee.

Nicky Rackard statue, Wexford Town, Ireland. #photography #bnwphotography #ireland #wexford #bnwmood #blancoynegro #nikon #monochrome

The circus is in town. Not my thing, but it looks nice. #bnwphotography #photographyireland #photography

Three BnW triptychs. Wide-Medium-Tight around Wexford Town, Ireland 📷 #bnwphotography #photographyireland #photography

📣 New Podcast! "Underwood and Flinch 6: Episode 12" on @Spreaker

📣 New Podcast! "Underwood and Flinch 6: Episode 11" on @Spreaker

Holidaying in Wales #streetphotography #photography #visitwales

It's done at last. 55 pages of U&F TV pilot, finished. I've sent it to my producer pal and now await his ruthless assessment. But till then, I'm shagged sideways by the process. I could quite happily never set eyes on the thing again 😅

Converting the Word doc of the pilot into industry-standard script format & watching in horror as my page count rises way beyond the allotted 50 pages. When I'm done, I reckon it'll be closer to 100. I guess that's when the serious editing starts. To cut to the marrow what's already cut to the bone.

Just completed the second edit of the third version of the U&F pilot script. It's good. I'm happy with it. Next stage is formatting it into script format, when I'll learn how over the page count I am 😄 Doh! in advance.

Just finished first full draft of the the U&F pilot. It needs revisions, but I think it's a winner. It closes with resurrection over, Lydia leads David through cellar door, looks back at death of Ana, smiles, closes door to black. Then, if I get my way, this song: open.spotify.com/track/3FjGKU...

I'm now working on version 3 of the pilot. I've completed the cold open/teaser and it's the best - and shortest (so important) - so far. I also bought the Final Draft app so I can format my "final draft" to a professional standard. It's all going well.

Video update on the pilot ... youtube.com/shorts/b62gl...

1/ Pilot V.02. I went through the whole thing so far and finished the scene I've been working on. I now want a "subplot" scene, but I don't think I'm gonna have room. Plan is to get down all I need to get to where I can close with the resurrection itself. If there's room left ...

Pilot, version 2. Yesterday I did a lot of thinking; dreaming up new ways of telling the story and compressing nearly 24 chapters into one pilot episode. As a result, today I got 85% of another scene down. It's good 👍

Yesterday I got the next scene down. A flashback to the beginning of David's bad day, keeping it as tight, Edgar Wright-type cuts. It's good.

Just finished dramatising the resurrection scene. It's very faithful to the book, though that'll probably change. IMHO, as opening scenes go, it's a BLAST!

Well, I finished my revised pilot, and though I like it, I have to admit, it's not gonna work. I need to grab the viewer by the throat and shake them like a terrier with a rat in its mouth from the opening scene to the end credits. I know how to do it, and I'm going to. Stay tuned.

1/ Redrafting. The David AA scene. Completely different now - including David. Without the narrative text, you have to use visual signs to convey information. So, ditch a lot of non-plot-driving talk about being a teacher (what use is that in the later story? Does he give English lessons?) ...

47 pages of a 50-page pilot completed in first draft. Now to edit it and fill the remaining 3 pages 🦇

Another productive day yesterday. Two scenes done, including another new one with Lydia and Beltran. The first draft is now complete, but as Terry Pratchett said, "the first draft is just you telling the story to yourself." Now the hard bit begins: telling it to TV execs in a way that says "YES 😍!!"

Yesterday was spent doing the free podcast, but today I was back to the TV pilot. Another brand new scene. David doesn't get blotto drunk, instead, he managed to call Steve, his sponsor. The scene is David, Steve, and Lisa at David's flat. Written with the benefit of having 150 episodes behind me 🦇

Pilot: Scene 4. First draft done. Original NEW scene. Lydia brings Beltran to Casa Underwood for the first time, introduces Ana, Conchi and John Flinch. Lydia learns from John that their detective has found her long lost brother. It's pretty good 👍

Pilot. Scene 3. David at AA, first draft finished. Updated to include stuff I didn't know in 2008, like David's neighbour Beryl, who appeared at the start of Underground. Just a cameo, but we'll know who she is, while newbies won't 🦇

First scene after the cold open. First draft now complete. At Casa Underwood, Underwood begins the 50-year nap. Fade to black on Arthur's face as he blows out the last candle in the cellar. Fade up into Scene Two on David's face in 2008. Nice if the actors look similar, but not crucial.

I've begun work on my pilot script for a potential U&F TV series. It skips Night Crossing (which was never part of the original story) and opens where the novel did, on a dusty road between Malaga and Casa Underwood in 1958, when a Rolls Royce hearse encounters the Guarda Civil 🦇

Underwood and Flinch S6 E8 is unavailable on Spotify due to a "copyright infringement" over the theme tune. I have permission to use it, but try telling that to the AI that runs the Internet these days. It may be a while. It's available everywhere else in the meantime.

Storm Eowyn moving away from us now. We were spared the power outage.

Dublin 📷 #photography #streetphotography #bnw #bnwphotography #bnwstreetphotography

@rionysus.bsky.social Welcome, Ryan ☺️

ICM in Wexford, Ireland 📷 #icm #icmphotography #ireland #streetphotography #photography

Intentional camera movement in Wexford, Ireland 📷 #icm #icmphotography #streetphotography #photography

A Wexford winter morning 📷 Insta @xylophoto #streetphotography #ireland #icm #photography #fotografia #irlanda

Johnstown Castle, Wexford 📷 #photography #ireland #irelanddaily #castle

Slow shutter in Wexford Town, Ireland 📷 Insta: @XyloPhoto #photography #streetphotography #bnwstreet #bnwphotography

ICM 📷 #photography #streetphotography #bnwstreet #bnwphotography

Happy New Year! to any of my listeners who follow me here on Bluesky. The Underwood and Flinch saga continues in 2025 Huzzah!!

Dublin 📷 #streetphotography #dublin #photography #street

Dublin 📷 Insta @xylophoto #streetphotography #photography

Christmas 🎄 on Grafton Street, Dublin 📷 #photography #streetphotography #dublin

Festive Wexford 📷 #photography #streetphotography

Dublin. A sunny spot 📷 #streetphotography #dublin #goldenhour #photography #fotografia

The latest episode of my multi-award-winning podcast vampire saga, Underwood and Flinch, is now online. Here's a link: www.spreaker.com/episode/unde... #vampire #podcast #audiobook

Bird-spotting in Dublin 😁 For more of my street photography, follow my Xylophoto profile on Instagram www.instagram.com/xylophoto/ #streetphotography #photography

Teddy at the Fleadh Cheoil, Wexford, 2024. #streetphotography #street #streetportrait #ireland

Break Time. County Wexford, Ireland. See more on Instagram @xylophoto #streetphotography