IN: Enough people have said Harpy should be a YA that I 'd be a moron not to listen . And I do n't disagree . I mean , I like it the way it is , with Harriet as an adult , but I can see the reasoning behind making it YA . ( It has a lot of YA themes -- wanting to be normal , parent issues -- and thanks to the way she was raised , Harriet is pretty emotionally immature . )
Why might a publishing company want Harpy to be a YA novel ?

OUT: A publishing company wants it to be a YA novel because it can market it better and earn more if it were one .

IN: Last night I dreamed I was on a train . I got off at my stop ( or so I thought ) only to realise as the doors were shutting behind me that I was in the wrong place . " Bollocks , " I thought . Still , I was only one stop away , so I thought I would just walk the rest of the way . However , I soon got totally lost , and then had to face the decision of carrying on walking , or walking all the way back the way I came again , and waiting for a train .
What was the reason for the narrator getting lost ?

OUT: It was a dream state .

IN: I wanted a freebie ! Then at work , from 11 am to 3 pm there was this chatty chick doing a demo / sampling of the grapes which were on special in the produce department , and she 'd set up her stand right next to my flower display . She was making up this WW strawberry mousse and giving people a bit of that with a couple of grapes in it . Of course it had dairy ... and aspartame ... yeesh .
What kind of a person am I ?

OUT:
I am a grocery store employee .