In Competition No. 2740 you were invited to submit the ten work Commandments of the writer of your choice, living or dead.
There were some cracking entries this week — far more winners than there is space to print. Here is a taste of Brian Murdoch’s Tolkien: ‘1. If a book’s worth writing, it’s worth spinning out to three volumes … 4.
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