Esther Harder
Quarantine Kids on TV!
Houston news station KHOU 11 read Quarantine Kids live during their Turn the Page literacy drive.
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Esther Harder
- Dec 4, 2021
- 4 min
Teaching SEL with Quarantine Kids
Literature is a great method for teaching SEL skills because in reading a story, we're offered the opportunity to side with a character.
Esther Harder
- Jul 7, 2021
- 3 min
Getting the Word Out
You might think that writers are natural content creators, so the social media presence comes naturally. Perhaps it does, but not for me.
Esther Harder
- Apr 11, 2021
- 2 min
When Your Life Catches Up to Your Imagination
This past week, I ran into the living, breathing person I named my main character of Quarantine Kids after.
Esther Harder
- Mar 25, 2021
- 4 min
How Do You Get a Book Idea?
One of the most-repeated questions a writer gets is "where did that book idea come from?"
Esther Harder
- Mar 2, 2021
- 4 min
How to Launch Your Book During a Pandemic
Since my book is about inspiring creative responses to COVID times, creating a socially-distanced book launch fit with my overall theme.
Esther Harder
- Feb 7, 2021
- 3 min
Perfectionist Parent Publishes in a Pandemic
What the admissions counselors don't tell you is that there are limits to responsibility juggling.
Esther Harder
- Jan 19, 2021
- 1 min
Quarantine Kids is Launched!
What fun to hold and touch the Quarantine Kids picture book in physical form! Check out the book trailer.
Esther Harder
- Jan 5, 2021
- 4 min
Front, Back, all the Matters
Are you one of those people who reads a book's copyright pages? Here are the important items you should include in a copyright page.
Esther Harder
- Dec 29, 2020
- 3 min
Those Last-Minute Production Surprises
I discovered that the printer had new requirements that demanded a last-minute decision: increase my page count, or switch to paperback.
Esther Harder
- Dec 26, 2020
- 5 min
From Sketches to Full Color
From sketches, we moved into full-color page renderings of Quarantine Kids!
Esther Harder
- Dec 12, 2020
- 5 min
Printer or Publisher? A Decision in Five Q/As
My illustrator needed layout details: What were my page dimensions? Did I have templates? I needed to choose a printer sooner than expected!
Esther Harder
- Dec 8, 2020
- 5 min
From Notes to Sketches
MFA classes taught me that there is limited, if any collaboration between author and illustrator. This is NOT the case in self-publishing.
Esther Harder
- Dec 6, 2020
- 3 min
It's a Match! (Or, How to Connect with an Illustrator Online)
With my picture book manuscript in hand, the next thing I needed was, well, the pictures! So off I went to find an illustrator.
Esther Harder
- Nov 21, 2020
- 3 min
Stay Home, Self Publish?
I could manage a book project from my balcony in the middle of COVID, couldn't I?
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