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 41 · doodles 41 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.
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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.
- 100 Days — Doodling
Boob Toob
This is the TV I grew up with. Channels. UHF. VHF. Bunny ear antennae. This was the way. No streaming, no binging, just waiting for the next week and for the commercials to end.
- 100 Days — Writing
Trauma TV
There's a reason I can fall asleep to a murder investigation. The case gets solved, the banter lands where it always lands, and nothing in the next hour is going to surprise me.
the library · 193 pieces · 89,171 words
Eight categories,
one hundred and ninety-three 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.