CC Hogan
@cchogan.bsky.social
Writer, voice over, narrator, muso, sound producer
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Delighted to announce that we will be publishing
_Richard Heart Julianne_
By @ronanhession.bsky.social
Spring/Summer 2027.
‘In Richard Heart Julianne we enter the mindstream of Richard on his last day as he reflects on his life, his home city and his failed marriage to Julianne.'
Brilliant!
_Richard Heart Julianne_
By @ronanhession.bsky.social
Spring/Summer 2027.
‘In Richard Heart Julianne we enter the mindstream of Richard on his last day as he reflects on his life, his home city and his failed marriage to Julianne.'
Brilliant!
January 5, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Delighted to announce that we will be publishing
_Richard Heart Julianne_
By @ronanhession.bsky.social
Spring/Summer 2027.
‘In Richard Heart Julianne we enter the mindstream of Richard on his last day as he reflects on his life, his home city and his failed marriage to Julianne.'
Brilliant!
_Richard Heart Julianne_
By @ronanhession.bsky.social
Spring/Summer 2027.
‘In Richard Heart Julianne we enter the mindstream of Richard on his last day as he reflects on his life, his home city and his failed marriage to Julianne.'
Brilliant!
No thick snow here on the coast, but lovely seas!
January 3, 2026 at 3:38 PM
No thick snow here on the coast, but lovely seas!
Very wintery out there. The snow isn't settling properly right on the north coast of Scotland. Inland is a different story! This is looking north from my window.
January 3, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Very wintery out there. The snow isn't settling properly right on the north coast of Scotland. Inland is a different story! This is looking north from my window.
My word of the day: immure
It means to wall in, surround with walls, or to imprison. Or to shut oneself up. "I immure myself within my writings."
One of many obscure words worth rediscovering.
It means to wall in, surround with walls, or to imprison. Or to shut oneself up. "I immure myself within my writings."
One of many obscure words worth rediscovering.
January 1, 2026 at 10:14 PM
My word of the day: immure
It means to wall in, surround with walls, or to imprison. Or to shut oneself up. "I immure myself within my writings."
One of many obscure words worth rediscovering.
It means to wall in, surround with walls, or to imprison. Or to shut oneself up. "I immure myself within my writings."
One of many obscure words worth rediscovering.
Happy New Year from Stormy Scotland!
January 1, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Happy New Year from Stormy Scotland!
Hard at work on my book on this chilly day...
December 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Hard at work on my book on this chilly day...
Morning! Bright and sunny up here this morning. Photos taken with my z8 and then added tone mapping for extra punch
December 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Morning! Bright and sunny up here this morning. Photos taken with my z8 and then added tone mapping for extra punch
AI is here to stay. So, how can we authors embrace is legitimately without undermining our rolls as authors?
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Can an Author use AI Legitimately?
The battle is on. Authors and creators of all types are sharpening their pens to fight the evil that is Artificial Intelligence. It steals…
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December 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
AI is here to stay. So, how can we authors embrace is legitimately without undermining our rolls as authors?
cchogan.medium.com/can-an-autho...
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Christmas wasn't a public holiday in Scotland until 1958.
Puritanical Protestants hated it. Singing and dancing were out. In 1640, the Scottish Parliament banned it.
Thankfully, the English got rid of the Puritans - sent them to the US - and Eventually, the Scots got their Christmas back!
Puritanical Protestants hated it. Singing and dancing were out. In 1640, the Scottish Parliament banned it.
Thankfully, the English got rid of the Puritans - sent them to the US - and Eventually, the Scots got their Christmas back!
December 20, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Christmas wasn't a public holiday in Scotland until 1958.
Puritanical Protestants hated it. Singing and dancing were out. In 1640, the Scottish Parliament banned it.
Thankfully, the English got rid of the Puritans - sent them to the US - and Eventually, the Scots got their Christmas back!
Puritanical Protestants hated it. Singing and dancing were out. In 1640, the Scottish Parliament banned it.
Thankfully, the English got rid of the Puritans - sent them to the US - and Eventually, the Scots got their Christmas back!
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Jimmy Lai, the media tycoon and brave defender of democracy in Hong Kong, has been found guilty of ‘foreign collusion’. His family expect he’ll die in jail. HK’s national security law, imposed by Beijing after huge pro-democracy protests, has claimed its most prominent victim.
December 15, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Jimmy Lai, the media tycoon and brave defender of democracy in Hong Kong, has been found guilty of ‘foreign collusion’. His family expect he’ll die in jail. HK’s national security law, imposed by Beijing after huge pro-democracy protests, has claimed its most prominent victim.
A light lunch today: Toast with hot nduja, cheddar, anchovies, cherry tomatoes, olive oil, and salt.
Italy meets Britain.
#lunch #toast #cheese #italianfood
Italy meets Britain.
#lunch #toast #cheese #italianfood
December 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
A light lunch today: Toast with hot nduja, cheddar, anchovies, cherry tomatoes, olive oil, and salt.
Italy meets Britain.
#lunch #toast #cheese #italianfood
Italy meets Britain.
#lunch #toast #cheese #italianfood
A chill is around my shoulders
As I sit hunched at my desk working
Ploughing through lines of Dickens
And the cold lives he described
His words reach forwards to me
Through decades of lives changing
The humble pathetic voices
Of those poor children pushed aside
#poetry #poverty
As I sit hunched at my desk working
Ploughing through lines of Dickens
And the cold lives he described
His words reach forwards to me
Through decades of lives changing
The humble pathetic voices
Of those poor children pushed aside
#poetry #poverty
December 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
A little fish supper tonight. Haddock, in this case.
December 13, 2025 at 10:32 PM
A little fish supper tonight. Haddock, in this case.
Ground News was set up in 2003 and analysis bias in media. It is viewed as highly trustworthy. This is what it says about the BBC
December 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Ground News was set up in 2003 and analysis bias in media. It is viewed as highly trustworthy. This is what it says about the BBC
@handle.invalid I think I have found one of the best definitions in the OED. This is for "Hypocrisy", which should probably be my word of the year.
December 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
@handle.invalid I think I have found one of the best definitions in the OED. This is for "Hypocrisy", which should probably be my word of the year.
In Glasgow, 90% of kids speak good English. The remaining 10% are working at it.
For anyone who has worked their way through a conversation with a Glaswegian, that is pretty good going!
What's Farage's problem?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
For anyone who has worked their way through a conversation with a Glaswegian, that is pretty good going!
What's Farage's problem?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Swinney brands Farage comments about Glasgow pupils racist
The Reform UK leader said the proportion of children who do not have English as a first language in Glasgow was
www.bbc.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
In Glasgow, 90% of kids speak good English. The remaining 10% are working at it.
For anyone who has worked their way through a conversation with a Glaswegian, that is pretty good going!
What's Farage's problem?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
For anyone who has worked their way through a conversation with a Glaswegian, that is pretty good going!
What's Farage's problem?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A little Japanese incense to wake me up this morning. I love the subtle aroma!
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
A little Japanese incense to wake me up this morning. I love the subtle aroma!
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Rare orchid brought back from brink of extinction. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rare Fen Orchid brought back from brink of extinction
Cambridge University Botanic Garden and partners have been working to successfully reintroduce the species.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Rare orchid brought back from brink of extinction. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Watching The Diplomat on Netflix. A fun little tale of a accident prone and idiotic Ambassador for the US to the UK and her husband, a former Ambassador, and her little entourage of even more idiotic advisors.
I have a suspicion that the description was intended to be something else.
I have a suspicion that the description was intended to be something else.
November 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Watching The Diplomat on Netflix. A fun little tale of a accident prone and idiotic Ambassador for the US to the UK and her husband, a former Ambassador, and her little entourage of even more idiotic advisors.
I have a suspicion that the description was intended to be something else.
I have a suspicion that the description was intended to be something else.
Got buzzed by a Typhoon yesterday
October 31, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Got buzzed by a Typhoon yesterday
Why is "Patriotism" bad?
Simple. If you vote against a leader who demands your loyalty, demands you are patriotic to them, the father figure, then they will say you are disloyal, unpatriotic.
They will say you are a traitor.
That is NOT democracy. A true democracy demands nothing.
Simple. If you vote against a leader who demands your loyalty, demands you are patriotic to them, the father figure, then they will say you are disloyal, unpatriotic.
They will say you are a traitor.
That is NOT democracy. A true democracy demands nothing.
October 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Why is "Patriotism" bad?
Simple. If you vote against a leader who demands your loyalty, demands you are patriotic to them, the father figure, then they will say you are disloyal, unpatriotic.
They will say you are a traitor.
That is NOT democracy. A true democracy demands nothing.
Simple. If you vote against a leader who demands your loyalty, demands you are patriotic to them, the father figure, then they will say you are disloyal, unpatriotic.
They will say you are a traitor.
That is NOT democracy. A true democracy demands nothing.