I think it may be a little more intense than 'ribbing between mates' (judging by some of the comments by novelists who have been shortlisted) but yes, I guess there is a difference there.
Sometimes the judges themselves seem fairly po-faced and not getting that a scene is meant to be humorous/satirical or that the sex is intended to be bad...
Miscellaneous. Eclectic. Random. Perhaps markedly literate, or at least suffering from the compulsion to read any text that presents itself, including cereal boxes.
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Date: 2012-08-02 06:33 pm (UTC)Sometimes the judges themselves seem fairly po-faced and not getting that a scene is meant to be humorous/satirical or that the sex is intended to be bad...