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Winter/Spring 2023 Class Schedule Announced!
In-Person, Online, & Hybrid Classes
- In In-person classes, everyone will meet at our physical center.
- Hybrid classes are where it's your choice whether to attend In-Person or through Zoom each class meeting. We have installed an excellent hybrid system to ensure both In-Person and Zoom students have the same great experience. The instructor will host the class in a physical Muse classroom.
- Online classes meet over Zoom; you can take them from anywhere.
What Should You Take Next?
In most of our genre areas, we have created a "#3" and "#2" class that comes in between the "#1" class-level and the workshop-level. If you don't see a higher-level class in your genre, then it's fine to move to the workshop-level. If you are already in the workshop-level, it's fine to stay with your teacher or explore other teachers or genres.
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In Addition to Our Regular Classes, Teachers from Around the Country Are Offering:
- Best-Selling Fantasy Novelist Erin Beaty, teaching The Fiction Workshop and Writing Multiple Genres in a Story/Novel
- SF/F Novelist Cassandra Clarke, teaching Science Fiction & Fantasy Workshop, Start Your Novel Workshop, Writing Fanfiction, Writing Romance, How to Write Non-Human Characters, and The Fool’s Journey: A Generative Tarot Workshop
- Memoirist Deborah J. Cohen, teaching Writing About Family
- Pulitzer-nominated Author Desiree Cooper, teaching Story v. Art: The Making of a Children’s Picture Book
- Novelist/journalist John DeDakis, teaching Writing as a Way to Heal from Grief and How to Write in the Voice of the Opposite Sex
- NY Literary Agent Jessica Errera, teaching Advice from an Agent on Your Path to Publication
- Virginia Poet Laureate Luisa A. Igloria, teaching Writing at the Edge of Time
- New York Times-bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz, teaching Discover Your Core Story: Define It In Three Words
- Novelist Susan Isaak Lolis, teaching Creating Believable Dialogue in Fiction
- Award-winning Children's Book author Jen Malia, teaching Writing for Children
- Arkansas Poet Laureate Suzanne Rhodes, teaching The Poetry Workshop
- Former Virginia Poet Laureate Tim Seibles, teaching Begin, See, See Again: A Poetry Workshop on Revision
- Award-Winning Author/Editor Kathleen Volk Miller, teaching Healing through Writing
- Award-Winning Novelist Michele Young-Stone, teaching Celebrating the Literary Witch in You and The Fiction Studio
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In-Person & Online Events
Writers Zoom Meet-Up
Join The Muse on the first Tuesday of each month for our monthly Writers Zoom Meet-Up, an informal get-together where writers from anywhere in the world enjoy conversation, camaraderie, and discussion about what we're working on.
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Writers Coffee Break
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Friday, January 6, 10 a.m.-Noon, In-Person at Cafe Stella Ghent, More information
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Join us as we come back together and meet in-person for our monthly 1st Friday Writers Coffee Breaks at Cafe Stella in Ghent. At these informal get-togethers, area writers and Muse teachers, students, and friends enjoy conversation and camaraderie over a (perhaps much needed) coffee break. This month's hosts: Michael Khandelwal and Rick Eley. We look forward to seeing your faces!
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Gathering Magic: A Fantasy Writers Group
Come join us for our monthly fantasy writers gathering. Some writing, come critique, some craft talk, some camaraderie with other fantasy writers--those of us who revel in wardrobe doors and rabbit holes, who would rather work on inventing a language than learning French, who long for something this world doesn't offer.
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A Page in the Life Memoir Group
Memoirists unite once a month in person at The Muse to spend an hour working on our memoirs and have time for critiques for those who want to share. Group members will come to each meeting prepared to give their Pitch as part of their introductions. We will meet the third or second Sunday.
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Write Now! with The Muse & Slover Library for Kids & Teens
Are you looking for a little inspiration? Come on down (virtually), join us and Write Now! A talented and qualified Muse teacher will lead you through an easy, fun, and creative workshop full of writing prompts and creative sharing. Free registration required.
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The Muse Neighborhood Jam
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The Muse Jam is Back! Join us on the 2nd Friday of each month for an evening where everyone is welcome to make music, sing, read, laugh, or just hang out and listen. This is not an open mic with a sign-up list. We'll alternate between individual-led and collaborative performance and pure unplugged jams. Anyone is welcome... from beginners to professionals, whether you like to play an instrument or just listen, sing or be sung to, read your work or hear great stories and poems. Hosted by Dan Duke.
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High School Sophomores & Juniors... Be a Teen Fellow!
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The Muse Writers Center is now taking application for our 2023 Teen Writers Fellowship! Any sophomore or junior student who lives in the greater Tidewater/Hampton Roads area is encouraged to apply. The fellows selected will receive 25 creative writing classes and workshops, 4 mentorship sessions with a professional writer, and have the chance to pitch to literary agents at the Hampton Roads Writers Conference. All at no cost to the fellow! Deadline to apply is January 6, 2023.
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Please Fill Out Our Publishing Survey
We are compiling a list celebrating the publishing success of everyone who has ever been involved with The Muse Writers Center--students, teachers, volunteers, event attendees, etc.
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Past or forthcoming, self-published and traditionally published, short or book... any genre!
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Come to The Muse and Write
The Muse Writers Center's physical space is open for people to write, meet others, and learn more about The Muse four days a week: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, & Thursday from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. See our Locations, Hours, & Directions page for more information..
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The Muse has installed is installing an iWave-R air purification system that uses needlepoint bipolar ionization (NPBI) cold plasma technology to sanitize the air, killing viruses, bacteria, and mold.
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Stay Connected! Join The Writers Reservoir on Facebook
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Visit facebook.com/groups/WritersReservoir and connect with other writers and share articles, essays and personal experiences about being a writer in the world today as well as information about places to submit, contests, conferences, and more. The Writers Reservoir is more than a writers’ resource, it is a writers’ community! It is a place where writers can share, learn, connect and find that often elusive creative spark. The Writers Reservoir is a Facebook group. All writers are welcome to join and send invitations to join.
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The Muse Writers Center’s projects, classes, and events are made possible in part through sponsorship by the City of Norfolk Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the Business Consortium for Arts Support, the Virginia Commission for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the WeTransfer Creative Hubs Grant. Additional funding has been provided by Virginia Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act economic stabilization plan of 2020 as well as The Literary Arts Emergency Fund, the Hampton Roads Community Foundation and the Norfolk Department of Economic Development.
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