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    Quarantine Kids on TV!
    Esther Harder
    • Apr 25
    • 1 min

    Quarantine Kids on TV!

    Houston news station KHOU 11 read Quarantine Kids live during their Turn the Page literacy drive.
    Teaching SEL with Quarantine Kids
    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.
    Getting the Word Out
    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.
    When Your Life Catches Up to Your Imagination
    Esther Harder
    • Apr 12, 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.
    How Do You Get a Book Idea?
    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?"
    How to Launch Your Book During a Pandemic
    Esther Harder
    • Mar 3, 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.
    Perfectionist Parent Publishes in a Pandemic
    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.
    Quarantine Kids is Launched!
    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.
    Front, Back, all the Matters
    Esther Harder
    • Jan 6, 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.
    Those Last-Minute Production Surprises
    Esther Harder
    • Dec 30, 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.
    From Sketches to Full Color
    Esther Harder
    • Dec 27, 2020
    • 5 min

    From Sketches to Full Color

    From sketches, we moved into full-color page renderings of Quarantine Kids!
    Printer or Publisher? A Decision in Five Q/As
    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!
    From Notes to Sketches
    Esther Harder
    • Dec 9, 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.
    It's a Match! (Or, How to Connect with an Illustrator Online)
    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.
    Stay Home, Self Publish?
    Esther Harder
    • Nov 22, 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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