So over Labor Day weekend, I attended Dragon*Con in Atlanta, GA. One of the main reasons I went is because I participated in the intensive two-day Writers Workshop with Jody Lynn Nye. In a group of twenty, we experienced an in-house workshop in the Hyatt that included guest lecturers like David Gerrold, Todd McCaffrey, and editors from sci-fi publishers like Baen Books. Out of the twenty people, only nine manuscripts were chosen for group workshop. Although I wasn’t aware of the limiting before I attended, I realized what a huge deal it was that Ms. Nye chose my submission to disseminate amongst the group. At the end of day one when we were all a little punchy but loosened up, I volunteered to…