About the Authors

Ashley Walker

Maureen Charles

Ashley is an author, educator, and amateur musician. She studied violin alongside her sons (from Twinkles to orchestra) and plays the đàn tranh with her daughter. Ashley holds degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Artificial Intelligence, and she recently graduated from the MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Vermont C

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Maureen Charles

A lifelong lover of music and musicians, Maureen sings, plays guitar and ukulele, and was married for 24 years to the late Jon Charles, an arranger, orchestrator, and composer of television and film music. She holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts and lives in Pasadena, CA, where she shares an office with three feisty felines.

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Our Collaboration: Hitting All the Write Notes

Collaborating on Music Mavens was a joy and had many benefits -- twice the research resources, double the word polish, and a constant back-and-forth of exciting ideas.

We swapped our chapters multiple times and gave each other permission to go for it in our critiques.

"I personally went with about 97% of the fixes Ashley suggested to me. She’s brilliant, and my work is so much stronger for her well-reasoned, insightful feedback," says Maureen.

Of course, we let one another know all the things we loved about the work as well. And we stole liberally from each other -- if one of us hit on something worth weaving into other chapters, we replicated it.

About Maureen, Ashley says, "Along with fabulous storytelling and industry insights, she brought humor, optimism, and patience."

Thinking about an artistic collaboration? Our advice is to work with someone you trust with both your heart and your words/music/art.

About the Authors

Ashley Walker

Maureen Charles

Maureen Charles

Maureen Charles

Maureen Charles

Maureen Charles

Our Collaboration: Hitting All the Write Notes

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