Before he was a writer, Conan Doyle worked in this profession, like Watson
... As 
an adult, Conan Doyle felt that the highest vocation he could pursue as a writer 
was to ... Sign of the Four, the second work to feature Holmes and Watson, also... [DOC] [TLE] Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Literary Career - The Victorian Web [PAR] Mar 22, 2016 ... Jeffrey and Valerie Meyers, editors of The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Reader: From 
... Like Dickens, he published his stories and novels, often in serial form, ...