planning writing experiments, cleaning, & reading 1st chapters | HODGE PODGE VLOG 🌻

[@herothebard]

I love hearing and seeing Kate talk about her shelves being full and just remembering that she use to have all her books in the closet.

[@KateCavanaugh]

LOLOLOL HERO. This throwback. Now you’re having me think that technically I DO have some closet space…….

[@elizabethcomfort2214]

I am nearly 25, I've been reading for more than a decade, and I am only just now figuring out how to pick out a book I'll like! Crazy! I grew up going to the library and just picking out anything that looked remotely good. Now as an adult with access to multiple libraries, and money, I'm finally learning which genres and subgenres I really enjoy reading! And I finally am able to admit that I love romance!

[@arrabellak1102]

I always struggle with choosing the time to read or write, when I read I feel guilty as I think I should be writing but when I'm writing so often I feel I need to read more to improve my writing, it a never-ending stress that I have yet to find a solution too.

[@Danielle2Cats]

I set a writing goal and then read after that.

[@johntubbs6617]

Most writers read and write at the same time. Write a bit the read a while to get in the mood - you juggle reading and writing like we do the modes .

[@felicitypevideos4224]

I have the same struggle! Something I’m doing is reframing that guilt. Reading is good for my mental state. Just because it doesn’t get me closer to publishing my work doesn’t mean it’s not productive.

[@rainlathrop5243]

I used to tab books (for a little bit) but then I wouldn’t remember which part specifically about the passage I wanted to remember, so even though I used to not be okay with it, now I do fully underline things in books. Sometimes I write in them too if its a couple words (if i have more to say i use a sticky note), but especially if it’s a book I knowI I’ll love or keep or something like that then I really enjoy annotating it because it feels like I can see how much I enjoyed the book when I look back at it

[@reginaduke7451]

Loved this vlog! I will definitely take pictures of lines I love from this point forward. Brilliant 👍🥰❤️

[@PhoebeWritesFiction]

I haven't even watched this yet, but why is the thumbnail so goddamn cute. Just perched on those books like a little book fairy?? Adorable. Iconic.

[@reginaduke7451]

So happy to find this video after a tough couple of hours of PT. Missing my computer and home wi-fi setup. Making progress.. slowly but surely. Love you! Miss you! ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@spicypumpkins2640]

Awww seeing baby kate. So cute ❤

[@booksonherbrain7593]

I read PET during the start of the pandemic and then read it a couple more times within a couple months. Beautiful characters. Love the family dynamics. You’re in for a real treat if you choose to finish it. 😁

[@KateCavanaugh]

Oooh that makes me even more excited! It’s in transit to me from our Inter library loan system. :) love a book that holds up on reread too!!!

[@saralynn7308]

I prefer to read summer books during summer and winter books during winter. I always feel like I have a hard time finding winter books. As a Minnesotan, I love the full-on winter books. I want to feel like the weather is a major component of the story.

[@KateCavanaugh]

Oooh yes, agreed!! It makes it so much more fun and real to life.

[@A_Bookish_Obsession]

So excited to watch this while I outline, catch up on my own chores, etc.

[@e4mi]

newer subscriber, first comment haha 19:00 I love that you clarified that. I am a historian and hate dates! its more like intense gossip for me. I call myself a vibes not facts historian ❤

[@KateCavanaugh]

I love that SO MUCH. Intense gossip and vibes-not-facts is exactly what I'm most interested in bahaha.

[@annamiller2057]

I'm stealing the phrase "vibes historian"! It's so accurate :)

[@e4mi]

@@annamiller2057 haha right!

[@walkergold5033]

Your timelapses are so cute lol and your speedy wiggles are adorable ❤️😂 love you and your vid’s 🙂

[@hidingzeus4306]

I do not miss winter. We got 32 degrees this morning in Oregon and I'm pretty sure it snowed in the mountains yesterday. I could stand some sun on this supposed summer solstice.

[@RocketNinjaSlap]

It's officially past the summer solstice but I'm still doing spring cleaning. I did a crapton of laundry this morning and somehow despite the heat and sweat, I was stricken with such basic animal glee when I pulled my sheets and towels out of the dryer. I do take pictures of lines I love in books I borrow from the library, read online, and even own!!! It's useful and I like having them all with me wherever I go.

[@KateCavanaugh]

Oooh so nice to hear it’s not just me!! I do like referring back to them. Maybe I need to make a specific album in my phone for them bahahah, cuz they’re always great inspiration too! Yesssssss nothing better than fresh sheets!!!

[@ringsroses]

It's not one of your questions but if you like history but prefer it more individualized, usually anthropology centered storytelling is more enjoyable. Currently reading House of Rain by Craig Childs and it is very much an intimate approach to nonfiction and history. Robert Sapolsky's A Primate's Memoir is similar but the anthropology approach to biology. Any books I own I'll usually mark up because I enjoy getting marked up used books. Books that have personal histories are a bit like old houses. A little haunted and atmospheric. Library books I'll usually write up interesting sections in a notebook I keep random notes in. And yes, there are definitely reading moods, themes and general vibes ❤

[@LAL7887]

I love your new thumbnail style!! Even though it took me a bit longer to recognize it was your video I think it's worth it

[@KateCavanaugh]

Awww, thank you so much for that feedback!!! I appreciate it. I'm trying to flex my skills a bit more and test out some different things. It was fun to create even though it definitely took longer! Lolol. :)

[@elizalagonia1049]

I'm getting ready for baby but am failing at some of my spring-ish cleaning goals. I'm trying. I've been slumping a little in books lately. I really enjoyed "The Brighter the Light" by Mary Ellen Taylor. I gave it 5 stars and I rarely do that. I've been doing a few reread that I haven't read since I started my Good Reads account and those have been good because I haven't read them in almost 15 years. I'm still feeling slumpy.

[@elvirarodriguez7]

Love your videos with heavy reading so much! They got me excited to fly through my library book stack! :)

[@johntubbs6617]

"The Science of Story Telling" taught me a lot about the craft by Will Storr - Another great book titled "Making of a Story" is great too - by Alice Laplante, both in a library near me I just took them back.yesterday - Winter season is the best writing time for me - forget the summer it's beach time for me. Writer Vacation - ha ha

[@sydney2802]

I guess my most recent read is Pride and Prejudice, and I'm just learning that I'm a much slower reader than I used to be, lmao. I'm taking time to 'review' each chapter for my previously-a-podcast-but-now-just-blog idea, which is a read-along kind of thing. I've also been working a lot and working on a long-term project, so I actually had to push back the due date for the book using the library app on my phone. I don't remember /ever/ having to do that before. And I am 100% a mood reader. The vibe must be right for me to start something. I prefer short chapters, but I'm also of the mind that each story needs its own length and to have long or short chapters only is kind of constricting. If I own the book, I tend to underline. If I don't own the book, i use a little notebook and write everything I like down. I guess you could call it a commonplace book. I haven't reviewed a book I think ever, but I'm planning on doing so. Maybe a rating system, like out of 5 stars or something. And I don't really do the whole 'make rigid plans based on months/quarters' thing, though I really should. Whenever I try, I always get discouraged when I fall behind. Like, making the plan is soothing but the second I have to change it I get stressed out. So loose plans work better for me personally. I like watching all of your experiments, but I think I like the shorter-form ones a smidge better. I haven't replicated any of them yet, but I have a whole list lmao. Thanks for sharing, this video was fun!

[@anonymousbub3410]

That bag in the beginning is so cute!!

[@AScreenwritersJourney]

I'm curious to know if you have any commonplace books? I just learned about them last week, and realized I used to keep one, but I didn't know the name for it.

[@AbiofPellinor]

Pet is such a fantastic book!

[@clericalerrer]

I’m definitely a mood reader! I started creating seasonal reading lists but I always put the caveat that I have free reign to DNF

[@inimitablebooksllc]

Commenting at the end of the video: I highlight/bookmark things I love but I read on eBook so it's different than physically writing in a book.

[@DenyCreep]

Ez a csaj egy tsászár :D Nagyon fless a kis élete. Sokkal részletesebben érdekelne, mi van a fejében, mint ahogy azt le tudná írni, vagy el tudná mondani. ^^

[@mattywren]

SELF MADE BOYS YESSSSSSSSSSS

[@ashleyedwards6036]

I have taken pictures of pages before, I also write shorter sentences or sections that I want to remember down in a word doc.

[@Michelle-kw8dc]

I've just started actually planning my goals. I don't really believe in the quarterly system, I don't feel it's really a natural division of time. I do think I prefer seasons, but I'm also into astrology and when I start to feel the urge to change goals or add another one I revisit the goals work with the astrological movement instead. As for lines from books, I've been experimenting with a commonplace book. I copy by hand the lines that I want to keep. I've been really enjoying that. But I try not to do that too much while I'm actually reading because it adds a "to-do" to my relaxing time.

[@inimitablebooksllc]

Commenting as watching: You should absolutely read WRITING THE FICTION SERIES from WD Books for your "class." And I _also_ hate miscommunication tropes now that I'm older.

[@herothebard]

I would love to write a essay book, I even have a title for one if I ever do. It would be called 'Manic Pixie Fat Boi' which yes I love it. Also yes I do something take photos of pages I love or connect with. However a large portion of my reading is in audiobooks so if I get to something I love I might just pass for a moment and absorbe those words, re listen to them or even write them down.

[@KateCavanaugh]

That is an INCREDIBLE title!! Excited to hear on potential updates for this. 👀

[@inimitablebooksllc]

The author picks the epigraphs in a book. The editor and/or marketer pick the quote that goes at the start of a book description.

[@KateCavanaugh]

Thank youuuu! :)

[@inimitablebooksllc]

@@KateCavanaugh You're welcome! As an editor, I am always reminding authors they have an option to pick one but not all Inimitable Books authors have. But I'm definitely not the one picking the quote.

[@katendress6142]

I'm currently working on revising a Christmas story.

[@arianarianariana]

I need your love island thoughts!!! This season is amaaaazing so far

[@KateCavanaugh]

OMG IT’S BEEN SO GOOD?!?! I feel like they got new producers or something, they totally refreshed all the boring parts! Whitney is by far my favorite! But honestly I like almost everyone besides Sammi at this point bahaha. Who are you rooting for???

[@arianarianariana]

@@KateCavanaugh The conversations and conflict feel very real compared to previous seasons, it's refreshing. Love Whitney/Catherine/Ella, not feeling Mehdi or Sammy, and LOVED the shock ending of last Friday's episode! Can't wait for Casa

[@Danielle2Cats]

Love this video.

[@nildam.bonilla5849]

As a mom of 3 boys ages 4, 9 and 13 I'm in a perpetual cleaning season😂. I feel so guilty not reading as much as I want but at least I am trying my hardest to carve at least 30 minutes to work on the outline of my book (thinking on more scenes) so that I'm prepared for Camp in 2 weeks

[@KateCavanaugh]

Omg you're already doing so much!! Those are some crazy ages too bahaha. Congratulations on finding those thirty minutes and sticking with it, that's a feat in itself!!! And GOOD LUCK on Camp! :)

[@nildam.bonilla5849]

@@KateCavanaugh thank you❤ hopefully I can finish or be close to finishing my zero draft by the end of camp as I wish to maybe start drafting in November because my hope is finishing a draft in a year❤

[@eleanorball7906]

Wow, I haven’t heard one positive review of Happy Place so far 😬 I take pictures of lines if it’s a library book! Otherwise I just highlight

[@KateCavanaugh]

Omg really??? Gonna have to finally look up some booktube vlogs. I always go to Goodreads after I finish or DNF a book and really had to search for constructive reviews/ones I agreed with. I feel like that’s just what happens though when an author reaches these heights.

[@lydia36writes]

I’m doing Nano for te first time this year. My goal is to not have to rewrite Act 1 before diving into Act 2… it’s a terrible habit

[@thevampirelock]

Anna-Marie McLemore's books are some of my favorite. They are an auto-buy for me.

[@KateCavanaugh]

Oooooh, I love finding out people's auto-buy authors! Okay, I'll be on the lookout for more from them!!

[@Iwasonceanonionwithnolayers]

How ia "school" going? I wanted to do the same thing. Making a curriculum is hard

[@jess_writes_a_book]

Ugh choosing between reading and writing is so so hard.

[@NeverAskedtobeMade1390]

I loved Self-Made Boys! Anna-Marie McLemore has such a beautiful way with words. I will also say, I don't think you really need to know all of the source material to enjoy the book. It differs so much from the source material that it's really it's own thing.

[@catpawrosales4265]

I added that to my tbr list 🐾

[@KateCavanaugh]

Oooh yay, that definitely makes me more excited! Not so patiently waiting to get it back from the library bahaha. :)

[@happinesss2]

I do think authors overuse the back-and-forth between past and present technique too often lately. And even beyond authors, like TVs and movies have been doing them too often, too, and I'm not that big a fan, either. I only liked them a bit at first when they were done in an original way and now they're usually unnecessary and drags the whole plot.

[@Demonarrows1]

Summer in texas, using a dryer? Does that make sense?!

[@caitrinkeller]

Dude you're can of soda on the floor next to your laptop was giving me anxiety. I was like "She's going to bump it somehow and it's going to go all over her laptop oh my God." Nevertheless, your video was awesome.