Dave Co Muskoka Handiwork 

The narrative tool, restrained. You’ve used one: a ballpoint on a short chain, secured to the counter or attached to a clipboard. It’s easy to read it as distrust. Most of us would assume the pen is chained because otherwise it would eventually be stolen or absentmindedly pocketed. That is true on the surface, but there is a crucial reason that's easy to miss. The bank can’t function without the pen. Even in the digital era, ink on paper is often required. The pen exists so t

AUG/22/2026 Classification Pending debuts at #1 in Kindle Books literary essays on Amazon

From Behind the Scenes to Making One Throughout my working life, I've never stayed in one lane. Music videos, dance tours, marketing campaigns—even sold a TV pitch. These days I work year-round as a tradesman in Muskoka. So when I started writing my first book, I did the same thing I always do. Learn the system, angle toward the gate. Seek placement. The book apparently had other plans. In just under 20,000 words, the narrator moves through three very different settings: a ta