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CC Hogan

@cchogan.bsky.social
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Writer, voice over, narrator, muso, sound producer

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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is why I don't like AI as it currently works. I wrote, "It is a long story." ProWritingAid suggested "The story stretches over a great length," and "The tale unfolds across an extensive span." Sorry, but I prefer, "It is a long story." I think it is a human thing to say. #editing
Screenshot from ProWritingAid with the suggestions in the post.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Fresh out of the smoker. Fresh, Scottish side of salmon. Will slice it tomorrow.
Side of home cold-smoked salmon on a white tray
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
And a bit of an arty one.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Snap!
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A friend posts a video, It is really kind of naff, But it's so full of joy and hope It can only make you laff. #poetry #nonsence
A man is sitting at his writing desk watching an amusing video on his mobile phone. The text reads:
A friend posts a video,
It is really kind of naff,
But it's so full of joy and hope
It can only make you laff.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Roasted a nice chicken with thick strips of guanciale tonight. The benefit of buying guanciale in one lump is that I can cut very thick strips which don't wither away in the oven.
Roasted chicken with guancialeuncooked chicken basted with thick strips of guanciale, ready to roast
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Google's response to my complaint about an ad that was advertising a 30tb ssd for $49. This is a very common scam. If you are lucky, you receive a drive that has 100gb space and a hacked control chip. About time someone investigated Google's support for scammers. @zsk.bsky.social @thetimes.com
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Taken from "Windy" www.windy.com?13.213,-131....
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A 2cv van for delivering pies.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
These are meant for asylum seekers. But I can think of plenty already in the UK, especially those of "White Anglo Saxon" descent who could do with these lessons rammed down their throats.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
It is more than ten years since I drew this, and yet it is still relevant.
Two climate change denying ostriches with their heads in the sand. The caption reads, "As the waters rose, climate change deniers ran out of sand in which to stick their heads..."
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Fresh bread from my oven. I am now dreaming of a mortadella and tomato sandwich..... hmmmm
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
How does it? It doesn't even have legal force in the UK. There is no legal requirement for doctors to take any sort of oath on graduation. The nearest is when they register with the GMC, they sign a declaration which includes saying they have read "Good Medical Practice."
I swear by Apollo Healer, by Asclepius, by Hygieia, by Panacea, and by all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will carry out, according to my ability and judgment, this oath and this indenture.The Cover of Good Medical Practice - the guidence issued by the GMC
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I hate to rub it in, especially as one who wishes Reform would vanish off the face of the planet, but Reform poll WAY ABOVE the Greens and the LibDems - more than the two combined. I am not sure we have ever had a party with few MPs poll so high ever
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Don't you think Taron Egerton would make a good James Bond? Even the right age. He is 36, bond was 37. Certainly has the right frown! #jamesbond
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I know the Jack Ryan series was meant to be good, and it certainly had plenty of excitement, but I get BORED of characters who have so little self control that they would have been sacked by their agency, even prosecuted. Not allowed back for another go! Hawaii Five O is another one.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Ode to the crisp packet: It sits between me and starvation, Torn wide on the table. Wrapper rustles anticipation, Weaving cheesy fable. I walk my finger to the foiled entry, To be my dominion. Crispy delights elementary, Dear cheese and red onion. #poetry #snacks (Image made using Gemini)
The old man sits at a table, reaching for an open packet of Mature Cheddar and Red Onion Kettle Chips. He is walking his fingers towards them.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Sad to reflect that guidelines like this are necessary. And it is so for ALL broadcasters. I have frequently seen broadcast-quality shots, of the kind that can ONLY come from the massive cameras the big broadcasters use, that are intrusive and intimate. #womenathletes www.ebu.ch/files/live/s...
Front cover of Raising the Bar, the guidance for broadcasters when covering women in sport. It shows simple illustrations of various sports including pole vault and high jump.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Sleepy eyes, wine crusted, Staring at words, undusted, Another chapter, another verse, More editing yet, roll in my hearse! #poetry #writing #editing (Image via Nano Banana)
It is dawn. Golden sunlight streams through the window, illuminating the the table. The author is asleep with his head flat on the table. He is surrounded by bits of manuscript. He is holding a pen loosely in his hand.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
For those interested, this is the section in the Scottish vernacular. The entire 1000-word curse is here: biggararchaeology.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Sorry, forgot the second pic
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Very much of the period.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I had to have a go at recording this. I apologise in advance for my 16th Century old Archbishop impersonation! I probably should have done it in the original Scots, but I that might have made my brain boil.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Working on wings today. I want something as flexible as a bird's wing, but using membrane rather than feathers. #dragons #fantasy
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
This is my original Dragon I drew years ago. The second image (with four poses) is using AI to refine the artwork. It hasn't got it perfect, so I will overpaint it a bit. If you are broke and have to use AI (me) then use it as a tool. Don't let it imagine for you. EG: Image 1 - spines are droopy!
Original sea dragon drawn by CC Hogan in Photoshop years ago.Improved dragon based on the original drawing using GPT to add detail and texture.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Lust is like a German beer Full of froth, fizz and cheer You drink it fast, the gallons plenty Then grab another, cos you're still empty Love's a wine so old and rare That sits and waits for us to share Its long embrace cheers us up As out slips the cork with a gentle pop! #poetry #lovepoem #drunk
A man and woman asleep at a table in a pub, still holding on to thier beer and wine glasses.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
3am light pollution in Scotland.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
01:52 am. I can’t sleep. The view from my is simply too nice.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Assorted Chocolate great danes. I was trying to find photos of my neighbour's twin chocolate great danes, but I can't. Another neighbour up our lane back then had noisy small dogs. One day, one of the big danes came trotting up the road, put its head over the gate, and barked. The dogs shut up.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
It is all very well Idris Elba saying Bond shouldn't be woke, but a Bond film set in 2027 will feature a Bond born at the end of the 20th C. If you make him like Sean Connery or Cary Grant, then against the background of the 21st Century, he is going to look dated. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
What lovely colours. I love when the view through my bedroom window delivers on its promise
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Oh if life were so simple. They can stop worrying. Both are fine.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Sometimes it turns out just right. This is 50% Matthew's Churchill flour and 50% Caputo Semola Rimacinata. Then yeast, salt, and warm water, 80% hydration. Just proved and folded today and baked at 220°C for 35 minutes. Crunchy crust but a soft, squeezable centre.
Fresh bread made from Strong White and Semola.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
I think he is out of range - he said he was going far offshore: www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/detai... Where he is, the weather is quite mild today with a brisk North Easterly wind of around 24mph, according to Windy. But that means he is sailing into the wind. He might be busy!
Leo Aboard the Tally Ho, sprayed with waterWhere Tally Ho is currently sailing, shown on a map from Windy
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I pointed in the opposite direction last night.
The sun on the horizon, setting over the North Atlantic. A small island is in the foreground.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
It was cold tonight, Sitting on the path, My camera all ready, Lens cleaned, battery charged. It was cold and chilly, The sun ticking down, The minutes 'til its setting, End the day, time for bed. It was cold on my bench, But I didn't truly mind For come the morning, It will rise, and warm again
The sun going down over the still Atlantic
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Last one of the evening. I am cold now!
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Nice night for the moon. Taken with a Nikkor 180-600 on a Z8. f16, 1/50s, ISO 500
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I'll put the kettle on. Clear here.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Added and egg to my breakfast rice with tinned sardines today. Well, more like brunch. Delicious!
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I raise you the view from mine at three of the clock this morning!
Looking north from Scotland over the Atlantic at night.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
What happens to your characters when you shift your focus onto something else in the story? Do their lives continue, do they still think about the issues, or do you put them on ice, to pick them up later with their knowledge and reasoning unchanged? #writing
The author is using big red and green buttons to decide whether a character is active or frozen.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
What sort of poem Should I whisper in your ear To make your heart beat Raise now a tear? What kind of voice Will caress your soul Bring the blood of youth In from the cold? I am sitting still Thinking of lover's rhymes And would speak to you Through the dark times (Image CCH via Nano Banana)
The author is looking through a window. Outside on a wall sits a woman in a winter coat, staring at the distant grey hills. Image: CC Hogan via Nano Banana
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Breakfast! Japanese short grain rice in a red miso broth, with tinned sardines. I must be in a healthy mood! #food
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
A romantic novel is like a country song. Full of love, death, religion and girls who look like Dolly Parton Yee haw.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Happy Star Wars Day. May the Forth be With You
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I am editing like mad at the moment, but my bloody characters insist on having their say. It can make it very hard work! Hurumph. #writing #editing #fantasy
Author and dragon sitting at a desk discussing the book the author is editing. The dragon is pointing at the page.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
What a beautiful morning! Have a good one.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Sometime, you simply have to...
Two fried eggs laid over a pile of thick, crispy chips, with sausages in the background.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Leave my dragon alone!
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