Did JRRT encourage new ME stories?

[Raynor]

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

Then you also have his incredibly mercurial character - for every bold statement in a letter there is another which refutes it.

How many examples of letters contradicting each other can you provide? Or would you like me to challenge you with 10, 20 such statements, and you find where they are contradicted? The letters only reflect the stage of the work in progress, and ocasionally we may find some pen slip -but that happens even with the final work.