Our Teachers
The Muse's instructors are all working writers and published authors who have taught courses at colleges, universities, and other community organizations. Read our teachers’ biographies and see what classes they are currently teaching.
Abi C. Putnam
Abigail Putnam, Editor-in-chief of Penultimate Peanut Magazine, is from Suffolk. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from Arcadia University and her fiction has appeared in Maudlin House, Five on the Fifth, the Dirty Pool , and Frostfire Worlds. She currently teaches at Old Dominion University.
Current Classes Taught
- Fiction 2: Deeper into Character & Story (Evenings)
- (Fall 2024)
- (Winter/Spring 2025)
- Fiction 2: Deeper into Character & Story (Mornings)
- (Fall 2024)
- (Winter/Spring 2025)
- Fiction 3: Deeper into Voice & Revision (Evenings)
- (Fall 2024)
- (Winter/Spring 2025)
- Fiction 3: Deeper into Voice & Revision (Mornings)
- (Fall 2024)
- (Winter/Spring 2025)
- Fiction Certificate Fast Track Morning Edition
- (Winter/Spring 2025)
- The Tuesday Morning Fiction Workshop
- (Winter/Spring 2025)
Previous Classes Taught
- Creative Writing Camp for Adults
- (Summer 2022)
- Fast Flash Fiction Class
- (Winter/Spring 2024)
- Fiction 1
- (Fall 2021)
- Fiction 1: Learning to Write Fiction
- (Fall 2024)
- Fiction 1: Learning to Write Fiction
- (Winter/Spring 2024)
- Fiction 1: Learning to Write Fiction (Evenings)
- (Fall 2024)
- Fiction 1: Learning to Write Fiction (Morning)
- (Winter/Spring 2024)
- Fiction 1: Learning to Write Fiction (Tuesday Mornings)
- (Winter/Spring 2023)
- Fiction 1: Learning to Write Fiction (Tuesday Mornings)
- (Fall 2023)
- Fiction 1: Learning to Write Fiction (Tuesday Mornings)
- (Summer 2023)
- Fiction 1: Learning to Write Fiction (Tuesday Mornings)
- (Fall 2022)
- Fiction 1: Learning to Write Fiction (Wednesday Evenings)
- (Winter/Spring 2023)
- Fiction 1: Learning to Write Fiction (Wednesday Evenings)
- (Summer 2023)
- Fiction 1: Learning to Write Fiction (Wednesday Evenings)
- (Fall 2023)
- Fiction 1: Learning to Write Fiction (Wednesday Evenings)
- (Fall 2022)
- Fiction 1: Monday Evenings
- (Summer 2021)
- Fiction 1: Monday Evenings
- (Winter/Spring 2022)
- Fiction 1: Thursday Evenings
- (Winter/Spring 2021)
- Fiction 1: Thursday Mornings
- (Summer 2022)
- Fiction 1: Wednesday Evenings
- (Summer 2022)