"Granted, the character established him as a timeless author, but Holmes overshadowed everything else he was trying to do. So, he ended up killing the character only to bring him back because he was forced to accept the truth behind an old saying: “The customer is always right.”"
Doyle is a perfect example of an author whose creation became far better known than he was. Virtually everyone in the world has heard of Sherlock Holmes, but not everyone knows that he was a fictional character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
"Granted, the character established him as a timeless author, but Holmes overshadowed everything else he was trying to do. So, he ended up killing the character only to bring him back because he was forced to accept the truth behind an old saying: “The customer is always right.”"
Doyle is a perfect example of an author whose creation became far better known than he was. Virtually everyone in the world has heard of Sherlock Holmes, but not everyone knows that he was a fictional character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.