The Bulwer-Lytton Prize for bad writing

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The Bulwer-Lytton Prize for bad writing

So named after 'Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 1830 novel Paul Clifford and its much-quoted opening, "It was a dark and stormy night".' apparently. The romance winner is a cracker.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jul/27/bulwer-lytton-prize-bad-writ...

Thanks for reminding me BBG. A friend and I have always made a point of looking at these every year as we're both lovers of Charles M Shultz. By the way, that's not Bulwer-Lytton's only contribution to posterity. 'The great unwashed' and 'the pen is mightier than the sword' are also his. Quite interestingly (Stephen Fry note), 'bovril' also got its name from a kind of tonic (called vril) in one of his books - the inventor made it up as a portmanteau word from bovine and vril. And, to borrow another phrase, there's not many people who know that! Helvigo Jenkins

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That's a great link you've posted Big G. They are all terribly brilliant, or brilliantly terrible. Looks like your request has been granted, Skunk. This weeks IP is based on the above. http://www.abctales.com/inspiration-point Looking forward to some belters.
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