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As always, thank you for the responses and the glimpses behind-the-scenes, Gord.

Good point about the format of Encyclopedia Brown. I was thinking about it in terms of the simple premise of “boy detective”, which Sidney Weston falls under. You may have felt like you were still feeling your way, and I understand that as this was your fifth or sixth book and longest at this point (feel free to correct any of that if it’s wrong). It still seemed fairly polished to me and read like it was written by a confident author with his own unique style. I don’t know why your editors wouldn’t have liked it.