Bethany Swafford asked Nancy Springer:

I'm intrigued and thrilled about the prospect of more Enola! There are two things I'm most curious about. First of all, I know she and Mycroft had mended the fences between them, so to speak, but will there be other disagreements between the siblings as Enola continues to grow? Second, will we see Lady Cecily return?

Nancy Springer Thanks for your interest, Bethany! I certainly want to involve Lady Cecily; I want her to be Enola's BFF, and to seek treatment for her personality problems from an alienist (pioneer psychiatrist) in Germany. However, I'm told the novel I wrote (Enola and Lady Cecily) requires too much backstory and that I should start afresh and simply with Enola helping/competing with Sherlock. I have done so, but that novel is still seeking a publisher. As for Enola's growth, there's a problem: the year is 1889, and quite specifically in 1891 Sherlock Holmes "dies" at the evil hands of his arch-enemy Moriarty. I do not want Sherlock to die for Enola. Stay tuned.

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