This blog post is so full of good, juicy stuff, I had to share! Read carefully, and do consider employing deep PoV in your next book.
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If you are a writer who has a goal of selling books it is wise to remember that audiences are not static. They change. Their tastes change with the times and we need to understand what is “trending” if we want to connect and entertain. Many new writers look to the classics for inspiration and there isn’t anything per se wrong with that, but we must reinvent the classics, not regurgitate them.
Even if you look at the fashion trends, sure some styles “come back around” but they are not exact replicas of the past. They are a modernized version. But keep in mind that some fashion styles never come back. They’ve outlived their usefulness and belong in the past. Same with fiction.
Story trends and fashions change along with the audience. For instance, Moby Dick spends an excruciatingly long time…
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Theo Fenraven 
No, I do not want nto sell. I write because I feel something needs to be written — nothing more. I could not care any less what sells and what not. There is no way The Lamb can deter me from writing editorial omniscient with direct reader address and relentless telling instead of showing.