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"Write something to suit yourself and many people will like it; write something to suit everybody and scarcely anyone will care for it." ~Jesse Stuart

"A writer's job is to take one thing and make it stand for twenty." ~ Virginia Woolf

Monday, May 20, 2013

Welcome back, Giraffe

After gracing the home page of CeleryTree, the South African giraffe is mine once again. The CeleryTree site has been redesigned and refurbished, for its use as a site where writers can send people to purchase autographed copies of their books. It's still a bookstore, but there are no membership fees, no shipping within the U.S., and no requirements other than to be published with print books to sell. (Ebooks are no longer available on CeleryTree.)

To take a look at the updated website for authors (recently purchased by WiDo Publishing), you can go here to ooh and aah over the awesomeness of it.

And I am very glad to see Giraffe back on Coming Down the Mountain!
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  1. Hilary Melton-ButcherMay 20, 2013 at 5:26 AM

    Hi Karen .. wonderful to see the giraffe back - I love this photo - brings back many memories ...

    ... and I'll get over to the new site - sounds good .. cheers Hilary

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    1. Karen Jones GowenMay 20, 2013 at 11:03 AM

      Hilary, And I thought of you as I put up the giraffe! I can't remember if Travis took that photo at a wildlife reserve in South Africa or if it was Namibia.

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  2. Em-MusingMay 20, 2013 at 5:28 AM

    Gorgeous photo. Glad you got it back.

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  3. The Happy WhiskMay 20, 2013 at 6:06 AM

    Ohhhhh, ahhhhhh .... Very cool and congrats on the purchase of your site - if I'm understanding correctly.

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    1. Karen Jones GowenMay 20, 2013 at 11:04 AM

      Thank you! Yes, it now belongs to WiDo, although they're welcoming other authors as well.

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    2. The Happy WhiskMay 21, 2013 at 3:20 PM

      How does it feel not to own it anymore? Were you ready to move onto something else?

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    3. Karen Jones GowenMay 21, 2013 at 3:56 PM

      It feels wonderful to not have that huge responsibility. It never did really happened in the way I envisioned-- and I'm not very good at managing details and organization. I think I was in way over my head!

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  4. Jessica BellMay 20, 2013 at 6:28 AM

    Welcome back, giraffe!

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  5. Alex J. CavanaughMay 20, 2013 at 6:34 AM

    Welcome, home giraffe! Will have to check out the Celery Tree site now.

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  6. Simon KewinMay 20, 2013 at 6:59 AM

    Woo! My favourite camelopard is back!

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  7. L. Diane WolfeMay 20, 2013 at 7:23 AM

    Welcome back, Mr. Giraffe.

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  8. Old KittyMay 20, 2013 at 7:40 AM

    Missed your wonderful giraffe and am so glad it's back here!! Take care
    x

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  9. Mirka BreenMay 20, 2013 at 9:49 AM

    Hey Celery Tree, I'm in there! :D
    Love the photo of the reader on the couch. That too would be me if I ever get done with XYZ.
    Curious about the alphabetized order of authors by FIRST names. Unusual.

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    1. Karen Jones GowenMay 20, 2013 at 11:06 AM

      Mirka, I agree with the odd alphabetization. It's one of those things that went up funny when the site was first designed and hasn't been changed yet. I'm going to put in a change request for it.

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  10. Susan Gourley/KelleyMay 20, 2013 at 2:12 PM

    The giraffe looks very comfortable.

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  11. Donna HoleMay 20, 2013 at 10:01 PM

    Yay! I missed the Giraffe.

    ......dhole

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  12. Michael Di GesuMay 21, 2013 at 10:27 PM

    Hi, Karen,

    I SO LOVE THIS LITTLE/BIG guy! Giraffe's are one of my FAVORITE animals. So graceful and elegant. Poised at all times.

    Congrats on the sale! Now you'll have time to cook, bake, and write.

    How was your vacation? I hope you had a great time.

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  13. Zoe ByrdMay 23, 2013 at 1:55 PM

    I wasnt here in the past but I have to say I looooooooove the giraffe! What a beauty! Im off to the other site.

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  14. Arlee BirdMay 24, 2013 at 8:16 AM

    Just like old times. Welcome back Giraffe.


    Lee
    Wrote By Rote

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  15. Rachna ChhabriaMay 24, 2013 at 9:36 AM

    The Giraffe looks comfortable. Glad you got it back.

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  16. Eddie BluelightsMay 24, 2013 at 5:35 PM

    Love the Giraffe, Karen. It is so majestic.
    May it be a symbol because, of it's exceptional reach, for you to write very many 'top' stories.

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    1. Karen Jones GowenMay 25, 2013 at 7:08 AM

      Dear Eddie, Thank you, and can I say that your particular comment was exactly what I needed to hear after a really depressing writing day trying to hack out a new draft of a novel.

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    2. Eddie BluelightsMay 26, 2013 at 2:49 AM

      Have some sad news at my place.

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  17. Melissa SugarMay 24, 2013 at 9:28 PM

    Love the giraffe. Welcome back
    Have a great weekend

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  18. Susan Flett SwiderskiMay 25, 2013 at 7:39 PM

    It's good to see the giraffe gracing your space again. Congrats on the success of Celery Tree, and now, the newfound freedom of having someone ELSE tending to the nitty gritty details of running it. (So YOU can spend more time writing!) Life is good.

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  19. Eric W. TrantMay 26, 2013 at 8:06 AM

    Speaking of Celery, did you read this article: http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2013/05/imagining-post-amazon-world.html

    - Eric

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    1. Karen Jones GowenMay 28, 2013 at 7:50 AM

      Eric, Thanks for the link. I read his post and all the comments, most of which captured my own feelings on the idea. I can't imagine anyone selling books better than Amazon does it.

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  20. Shannon LawrenceMay 27, 2013 at 6:28 PM

    Sounds great! Congrats on having things reorganized and the wonderful giraffe back!

    Shannon at The Warrior Muse

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  21. Jenn SoehnlinMay 29, 2013 at 12:41 PM

    Every time I see giraffes now, I think of you. It's your trademark. Or writerly mascot. Whatever you want to call it, I'm glad it's back. :)

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  22. Jai JoshiJune 22, 2013 at 10:32 AM

    I just saw the refurbished Celery Tree. It's looking pretty slick!

    Jai

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