Trying to set a new trend in young adult fiction

When I'm not working as an author, I do paid (!) work as a community care worker.  This involves maybe showering an aged or disabled person, or taking somebody shopping, or preparing a meal.  Sometimes I take them to another town for 'social support'.  I did this on Thursday, drove a guy with a light mental disability to a nearby town to go shopping.  I saw a major bookstore (you all know the one, it's had administrators close in) where I had done a book signing some months ago, so I thought I'd check the Young Adult section and see if any copies of my novel 'Abernethy' remained on the shelf.  No, couldn't see any.  This could be good (all copies sold), or it could be bad (copies sent back to Zeus Publications as per consignment agreement).  But there was an overwhelming trend in the Young Adult, and that was vampires.  Vampires as far as the eye could see.  Teenaged vampires.  Horny, going-the-grope at the school dance type vampires.  Vampires who get their periods (huh?).  Vampires who get pimples.  Hell, even vampires who probably think it's funny to fart in a paper cup and then hand it to somebody.  I despair of it all.  Vampires (as well as being seriously scary fuckers) are SO PASSE, people.  I'm trying to make the new trend in young adult fiction a talking beagle who once worked as a witch's familiar, and can therefore communicate with certain people, certain people being a lonely fourteen-year-old boy whose father is in gaol.  'Abernethy' is the name of the dog, and if you're curious, check out the first chapter and blurb at the publisher's website, http://www.zeus-publications.com.  If anyone's interested in purchasing the book, but baulks at the freight cost (Oh, crap!  The heavy hint I just dropped landed on my foot), my books will shortly be converted to PDF, and available as e-books.

Well, that's all for now.  Must continue with the housework.