▁he ' d ▁come ▁up ▁with ▁different ▁characters ▁and ▁add ▁colour ▁and ▁use ▁large ▁words , ▁and ▁inject ▁his ▁wonderful ▁sense ▁of ▁hum our . ▁And ▁then ▁he ' d ▁finish ▁and ▁say , ▁' I ▁will ▁never ▁write ▁another ▁ju ven ile ▁book .' ▁But ▁then ▁the ▁b ills ▁would ▁p ile ▁up ▁and ▁he ' d ▁start ▁another ." ▁ ▁However , ▁Mc F ar lane ▁was ▁not ▁bitter ▁about ▁not ▁ear ning ▁a ▁cut ▁of ▁the ▁enorm ous ▁reven ues ▁generated ▁by ▁his ▁work . ▁" He ▁was ▁very ▁philosoph ical ▁about ▁it . ▁His ▁attitude ▁was , ▁' Look , ▁I ▁took ▁these ▁on ▁and ▁I ▁was ▁glad ▁to ▁get ▁the ▁deal .' ▁There ▁was ▁no ▁r anc our ," ▁according ▁to ▁his ▁daughter . ▁ ▁Nancy ▁D rew , ▁The ▁D ana ▁Girls ▁ ▁Mc F ar lane ▁also ▁wrote ▁the ▁first ▁four ▁volumes ▁of ▁The ▁D ana ▁Girls ▁series ▁for ▁the ▁Str atem ey er ▁Sy nd icate ▁under ▁the ▁pseud onym ▁Carol yn ▁Ke ene , ▁which ▁the ▁Sy nd icate ▁also ▁used ▁for ▁the ▁Nancy ▁D rew ▁series ▁of ▁books . ▁Although ▁there ▁are ▁claims ▁that ▁his ▁last ▁Hard y ▁Boys ▁book , ▁The ▁Ph antom ▁Fre ighter , ▁was ▁actually ▁written ▁by ▁his ▁wife ▁Amy , ▁his ▁bi ograph er ▁Mar il yn ▁Green wald ▁concluded ▁that ▁this ▁was ▁unlikely . ▁In ▁his ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁aut obi ography ▁Ghost ▁of ▁the ▁Hard y ▁Boys , ▁Mc F ar lane ▁says ▁that