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Apk, good point about the technical manuals and other non-literary writing. I've certainly been paid considerably more for my "boring" writing than anything I found fun.
NV, he hated Sherlock Holmes. He wanted to write, and be remembered for, "serious" books (I believe about spiritualism) and his readers wanted more Holmes. That's why he tried to kill off Holmes ... and his readers, and more importantly his creditors, would not let him.
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