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.

Patrick Dacey
Patrick Dacey is the author of the story collection We’ve Already Gone this Far and the novel The Outer Cape. His work has appeared on NPR’s “Selected Shorts” and in The Paris Review, Zoetrope: All Story, and Guernica, among other publications.
Previous Classes Taught
- 20/30 Writers Club
- Narrative Structure and Organic Creativity: Telling Your Story
- Patience and Publishing: A Guide to Getting Published
- Patience and Publishing: A Guide to Getting Published
- Patience and Publishing: A Guide to Getting Published (Now Online)
- Tidewater Youth Services
- Where Do I Begin?
- Where Do I Begin?
- Writing The Weird