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.
Cassandra Clarke
Cassandra Rose Clarke's work has placed in the Rhysling Awards and been nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award, the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award, the Pushcart Prize, and YALSA's Best Fiction for Young Adults. She grew up in south Texas and currently lives in Virginia, where she writes and tends to multiple cats. She holds an M.A. in creative writing from The University of Texas at Austin, and in 2010 she attended the Clarion West Writers Workshop in Seattle.
Current Classes Taught
- Crafting Creative Quirks: A One-Off Writing Adventure
- (Winter/Spring 2024)
- Deconstructing Fantasy Tropes
- (Winter/Spring 2024)
- Writing Great Sex Scenes
- (Winter/Spring 2024)
- Writing Romance
- (Winter/Spring 2024)
Previous Classes Taught
- 1-Day Creative Writing "Camp" for Adults (Fri. Aug. 18)
- (Summer 2023)
- 1-Day Creative Writing "Camp" for Adults (Sat. June 3)
- (Summer 2023)
- Building Tension
- (Summer 2023)
- Creating a Great Antagonist
- (Summer 2022)
- Creating a Great Villain
- (Summer 2023)
- Creating a Magic System
- (Fall 2023)
- Creative Writing Camp for Adults
- (Summer 2022)
- Creative Writing for Beginners
- (Fall 2023)
- How to Jump from Fanfiction to Original Fiction
- (Summer 2023)
- How to Write Non-Human Characters
- (Winter/Spring 2023)
- Science Fiction & Fantasy Workshop
- (Winter/Spring 2023)
- Science Fiction & Fantasy Workshop
- (Fall 2023)
- Science Fiction & Fantasy Workshop
- (Fall 2022)
- Science Fiction & Fantasy Workshop
- (Summer 2022)
- Start Your Novel Workshop
- (Winter/Spring 2023)
- The Fool's Journey: A Generative Tarot Workshop
- (Winter/Spring 2023)
- Worldbuilding
- (Summer 2022)
- Writing Fanfiction
- (Winter/Spring 2023)
- Writing Great Sex Scenes
- (Summer 2023)
- Writing Romance
- (Fall 2022)