The Writers' Circle

M n m n I, 

POV's are quite important to publishers, literary agents and book editors.  It's their POV to make money. 

Seriously, the POV discussion is legit.  A lot of publishers, editors and agents are anal about it (albeit in the beginning). It's one way of filtering out newbie writers . . . until the author becomes a 'sensation'.  When the author becomes popular and very 'money'geable and marketable, then their greediness won't bother with POVs.  They probably won't even hint about it lest the author might get pissed off and carries his book to another greedy publisher. It's my opinion that it is overhyped.  If the story merits a "bestseller's" stamp, who cares about POVs, "Show and Tells", "Genres" (some can't even pronounce this properly) , "manuscript fonts", "submission procedures", et cetera and other filtering agents they'd use to put a barrier between you and your dream car . . . like an Aston Martin DB9.  What's important is the bottom line for the 'money'gers . . . "can we make money off of this $&!%?" . . . and for the readers whose biggest question, regardless of POVs or whatnots, is:  "is it any good?" I have yet to hear someone ask,  "what POV was it written?" 

And when it comes to family and friends, the questions always asked were:
Q: "What kind?
A: "Fiction, spy thriller"
Q: "How much?"
A: "It's affordable."

And if they'd like the answers on both counts, then there's a sale.  If not, they are not your friends and if they're family, strike them off your will. :-)

As for my writing style, I'm just thankful I can write in English . . . and able to express myself fluently and coherently.  Selling it is a totally different ballgame. That's when you need a lot of friends :-).  (Don't bother selling to family, they all want a free copy :-). Did you know you'd find out how many friends you have by a.) moving to another residence, b.) hinting you needed a loan and c.) telling them you wrote a book. :-)

I wonder if the POV police would go after POCs. 
:-)
Grampa

Obviously Evita, the best selling author is the one laughing his way to the bank because the reading public put him there.  As for the best-writing author, that would be up to each author's family to decide.  :-) One author's family would say 'their' writer is 'the best' and if you ask the mom, her 'author' would be the best among the best . . . and "you better not forget it".  :-)
Grampa

Thanks for touching out, stargazer
You've got it pat
Keep on writing
Explore the POVs and the latitudes of the narrator