michael dargie · author · calgary
Writer,
in suburbia,
mostly.
Author of BrandJitsu® (Dundurn Press). At work on PitchJitsu™: Opening Minds and Wallets (2027) and the Dean Shield novels — Pacific Northwest crime fiction, mostly wet. Keeping notes on work, home, and the slow art of paying attention.
one hundred days
writing 42 · doodles 42 of 100
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BrandJitsu
A practical book
A practical guide to the discipline of building a brand that actually sticks — written for founders, marketers, and creatives who want to stop chasing trends and start leaving a mark.
recent articles
all articles ↗- 100 Days — Doodling
Tom Ato
A weird lil guy who is "on the vine."
- 100 Days — Writing
Pit Stop
There are evenings for wrestling something true out of yourself, and there are evenings for admiring the sheer volume of your new chilli pot. Tonight is the second kind.
- 100 Days — Doodling
Secret Sauce
No matter how many times I look for it, I can never find tomato paste in the grocery store.
- 100 Days — Writing
Tomato Paste
Canned, crushed, diced, puréed, all in one tidy row. Tomato paste? Gone. Witness protection. Every single trip my blood pressure climbs another aisle looking for it.
the library · 195 pieces · 89,255 words
Eight categories,
one hundred and ninety-five pieces.
- 100 Days — WritingA piece of writing a day for one hundred days — small, finished things, shipped before they get precious. Showing up at the desk on a schedule and letting momentum do what waiting for the muse never has. Some will sing. Some hum. All will ship.
- 100 Days — DoodlingA doodle a day for one hundred days — getting the doodle engine back up and running. Learning, exploring, experimenting on a schedule, because consistency matters more than perfection. Pen first, dignity second.
- EssaysLong-form pieces on memory, attention, and the quiet practice of writing.
- AdventuresTravel, motorcycles, and the wide shape of a well-spent life.
- Camp CovidDispatches from hotel quarantine — one small room, many rooms inside it.
- Work & CreativityBuilding things, shipping them, and starting again.
- Life at HomeSuburbs, routines, roasted chickens, and the small comedy of cohabitation.
- The Writer's DeskChair, cursor, and the occasional Elden Ring death.