The 95th Academy Awards ceremony was held this week. Yes. Movies are still being made and movie theaters still exist. Had to double check. The cultural coup of the television show is nearly complete. Binge until your eyes bleed.

            For those antiquated feature-film few, the Citizen Kane denying, Titanic immortalizing Oscars celebration is the crowning moment. The eponymous gold figurine the apogee of cinematic achievement.

            Over three thousand of those shiny awards have […]

            As a reminder: the Bulwer-Lytton Contest is named after novelist Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton who wrote many famous novels including “Paul Gifford” which started with the immortal words (often parodied), “It was a dark and stormy night.”

            The Contest rewards rookie writers composing intentionally bad opening sentences to imaginary novels. These are some of my favorites.

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            Jimothy walked into the joint like he owned the place, which he did, but not like a typical owner of a place […]

            As you faithful readers recall, we annually present a handful of our favorite Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest winners.

            For you new readers, the Bulwer-Lytton Contest is named after novelist Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton who wrote many famous novels including “Paul Gifford” which started with the immortal words, “It was a dark and stormy night.” Supposedly that’s often-parodied bad writing (although it is better than anything I ever do).

            The contest rewards rookie writers composing intentionally bad opening sentences to imaginary novels. Pretty clever stuff.