No kidding!
I'd definitely find a new publisher. That one needs to go down the drain for stupidity.
I read about plenty of fire-breathing dragons, watched shoot-em-up cowboy pics and all kinds of stuff. I KNEW the difference between fantasy and reality and the fantasy was fun. I never tried to emulate it. It never occurred to me do so. Other than playing cowboys and they always made me be the Sheriff only I couldn't catch them because they were boys and ran faster. Damn boys! If I'd had a fire-breathing dragon, I'd have toasted their backsides--lightly, of course.