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Instead of a non-competitive kudos-from-your-peers, like the Kerths,
Hey! goofy The Kerths are a very different sort of competition to this panel-judging idea, but they're definitely competitive! To continue the romance-writing theme, the Merriweathers are trying to approximate private writing competitions, whereas the Kerths are individual readers deciding whether or not to buy a book. Both important, in different ways smile

PJ

"You told me you weren't like other men," she said, shaking her head at him when the storm of laughter had passed.
He grinned at her - a goofy, Clark Kent kind of a grin. "I have a gift for understatement."
"You can say that again," she told him.
"I have a...."
"Oh, shut up."

--Stardust, Caroline K