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Mar.23.2013
In the January/February issue of Poets & Writers magazine, poet and critic Reagan Upshaw delivers four pages of put-downs (disguised as advice) devised to dissuade poets from stepping on the literary playing field.
Upshaw begins “Reality Check / A simple self-publishing plan,” with...
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Feb.28.2013
When the six week advance sales period for The Glass Sponge began in January, I thought I’d already established an above average social media presence. I thought Amish web designers would drool over my carefully crafted writer’s platform.
Wednesday, March 6th is the last day of advance sales for...
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Feb.11.2013
If it were the 1960's, the foster children I help might sing me this song...
"Help me if you can I'm feeling downand I do appreciate you coming round.Help me get my feet back on the ground.Won't you please, please help me, help me, help me..."
Glass Sponges can live for 17,000 years but the...
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Feb.08.2013
Wanted: New Stream of Consciousness
Must be pristine, pure, untaintedclear and clean.Must flow through sheltered landsafeguarded by imaginary men(to be auditioned at a later date.)
Must be in a conservancy easementundiscovered ecosystemor National Park,maybe wander throughmountains and aspens—...
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Feb.05.2013
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I participated in my first Author Book Signing Event on February 2, 2013. The most important thing I learned, while promoting and selling advance copies of The Glass Sponge, was I had no idea I’d be hounded by other authors trying to sell their books to me.
Two authors practiced their hard...
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Jan.25.2013
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I received many lovely gifts for my birthday and two of them were unusually thoughtful. My daughter Ashley found an original 1896 print of glass sponges at Antiqua print gallery in London. The underwater scene, sepia tones and surreal beauty of the glass sponges create a ghostly effect to the...
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Jan.21.2013
FINISHING LINE PRESS Proudly announces the publication of
THE GLASS SPONGE BY JULIE “JULES” JACOB
“In this strong and vulnerable collection of poetry, the poet spins out a thoughtful imagery of innocence and culpability, for (and of) ‘the users and the abused’. Salvation by imagination...
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Dec.28.2012
I spent the last two days taking down the Christmas decorations. There are only two physical remnants of Christmas 2012 left in my house. One is the blue and white Portuguese bowl on my counter filled with nuts, candy canes, green and red Hershey’s Kisses and the bag of Milk & Chocolate...
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Dec.13.2012
How do I truly know I make a difference as an advocate for abused and neglected children?
Why is it important to purchase a copy of The Glass Sponge during the advance sales period from January 21st, 2013 to March 6th, 2013? It’s important because ten percent of advance sales only will be donated...
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Nov.30.2012
The poetry I wrote in my teens and twenties was fueled by the triple L’s—longing, love and loss. To put it less poetically; want it, got it, lost it. I cringe when I read some of the poems that never left the light green pages of my favorite college notebooks produced by the National Blank Book...
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Nov.12.2012
Is there an inborn trait that accounts for lyrical desire; for the tidal pull of rhythm and rhyme? If it exists, did it originate with man’s one syllable speech and pass through the creators of bardic music to land in the hands of modern and contemporary poets who strived to remove its effects from...
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Oct.29.2012
This year’s contenders for the one word description of my garden—baked, thirsty and hungry— are misleading. It wasn’t a garden party year. The word I picked covers the year to date and any garden situation that develops, and is ignored, before the end of the year. It’s no surprise to my neighbors...
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Oct.16.2012
I’m spending more time than usual at my computer—turns out there are multiple matters to attend to after your book is accepted for publication. They’re taking as much time as writing the book.
Half of my current writing time is spent typing lists. I’ve got mailing lists, a list of committed buyers...
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Oct.11.2012
I’m pleased to announce The Glass Sponge was selected as a semi-finalist in the 2012 New Women’s Voices Chapbook Competition and will be published by Finishing Line Press with their 2013 releases.
I’m extremely pleased to announce, in cooperation with Finishing Line Press and CASA of SW...
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Sep.18.2012
I searched my dresser drawer for three pieces of heirloom jewelry I needed to return to our safe deposit box. A dresser is a foolish place to hide valuable items but it’s not as foolish as keeping them in a jewelry box.
My jewelry box contains Santa, snowmen and pumpkin-shaped earrings, a toe ring...
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In this strong and vulnerable collection of poetry, the poet spins out a thoughtful imagery of innocence and culpability, for (and of) "the users and the abused". Jules Jacob inhabits a dichotomous world, and with delicate magnetism, draws us into it, in each poem. ”
—The Glass Sponge Endorsement— Dr. Harrison Solow, Pushcart Prize winning writer, author and university professor
About Jules
Julie "Jules" Jacob attended the University of New Hampshire, Colorado State University and The Horticultural Therapy Institute. She’s a Horticultural Therapist, and child advocate for CASA of Southwest Missouri. Jules lives in the Mark Twain National Forest...
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Causes Jules Jacob Supports
Missouri Court Appointed Special Advocates Association, American Horticultural Therapy Association, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, National Jewish...
Jules’s Favorite Books
The Fountainhead, The Lost Get-Back Boogie, Cutting for Stone, The Botany of Desire, Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants, A Stained White Radiance and...
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