Category Archives: Do the thing!

Do the Thing! – Are you addicted to yes?

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

If your Thing is a competitive thing, you, like me, may have an addiction to yes. Now sure, I write to tell stories. But I also write, frequently, from a place of anger. So often when I tried to tell … Continue reading →

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Did the Thing! – May edition

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

New last Friday of the month tradition: Report back on your Do the thing! activities. Lately, I’ve been getting some awesome messages on Tumblr where this Do the thing! started.  People have gone on job interviews, gotten new gigs, started … Continue reading →

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When Doing the Thing! means not doing the thing

Posted on May 26, 2014 by erincmcrae

Sometimes, doing the thing means not doing the thing. Sometimes, that’s one of the hardest things. I don’t mean give up on the thing (No, no, never give up on the thing! As long as you want the thing, keep … Continue reading →

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Do the thing! Bite-sized pieces edition

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

As has been mentioned, I’ve been traveling a lot lately. Thankfully, I’ll be home Tuesday morning. Traveling is one of those things I am both very good at — I do it a lot and I haven’t gotten stranded or … Continue reading →

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Do the (Hard for You) Thing!

Posted on May 12, 2014 by erincmcrae

At the WRWDC meeting in Bethesda this past Saturday, Mindy Klasky spoke at length about her current project — self-publishing 9 books in 8 months (I’ll be giving a full writeup of this meeting on Wednesday, it’s a full blog … Continue reading →

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Divide, Conquer, and Do The Thing!

Posted on May 5, 2014 by erincmcrae

So, I am in the new apartment, living out of boxes and spending half an hour trying to find the toothbrushes, and Racheline is in South Africa for her day job. Liam, one of our guys in Starling, relies heavily … Continue reading →

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Do The Thing! Moving Edition

Posted on April 28, 2014 by erincmcrae

Racheline and I have a project due on Wednesday. We have another major deadline Sunday — which is also the day Racheline is leaving for South Africa for two weeks for her day job. On Saturday, my partner and I … Continue reading →

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Screw getting chosen, do the thing!

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Racheline Maltese

J. Alex Cook is a lowly, and content, production assistant on the hit television show The Fourth Estate when he gets pulled out from behind the scenes and dumped in front of the camera because the extras cast agency didn’t … Continue reading →

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