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Mississippi Narcissus: a Yet-to-be-Penned Semi-Autobiography of a Neurotic Journalist
Published: 5/16/2011 3:49 PM
Last Modified: 5/16/2011 3:49 PM


This totally would've been MY book cover -- minus the baseball motif. I envisioned the cover image being from Christmas 1979 ...


... or 1980, who knows. Santa brought me a Wonder Woman costume. This is TOTALLY "Mississippi Sissy."

Hi, y'all! I feel like Paula Deen all of a sudden -- the slight compulsion to peel paper off a stick of butter like a banana and plop it in a heating skillet. Not sure what for. To drink, maybe, who knows.

OK, fantasies aside, I've been remiss in blogging, mea culpa, mea culpa. If you've made it this far into today's rant, I wanna hug ya.

So I might be having a stroke. I'm totally not making light of this, as I know people who've had them (perhaps my parents throughout my adolescence and 20s). But I feel more anxious than usual today, and I've had this odd twitch around my left eye -- that, freakishly enough, stops whenever I look in the mirror. I'm like the self-deprecating, psychosomatic version of Narcissus. Mississippi Narcissus, if you will. Sigh ... I'm still upset with author Kevin Sessums for stealing what would've been THE best title for my semi-autobiographical account of my years in 1980s Mississippi: "Mississippi Sissy." Have y'all read it? Good stuff.

So back to the drawing board for a different title for the book I've yet to finish. And by "finish," I mean "start." Technically, I have until the end of the year to begin writing the dang thing, as my semi-official New Year's resolution was to start one by year's end. Good news! It's the middle of May, which gives me six and a half months, right?

Perhaps "Mississippi Cow" would be a good title, as I went WAAAAAAAAAAY off the Dubya Dubya path the past three weeks. For reasons I'd rather not divulge at the moment, I've been rather happy the past three weeks. Apparently, when I'm happy, I tend to balloon.

But I'll be happier still when I'm back to tabulating points and going to the gym, where Mistress Ashley will no doubt have to whip me into submission.

Speaking of whipping, I didn't mean to cause rumors last week on Facebook when I was being all melodramatic (as that NEVER happens), going on about leaving my desk at the World, blah, blah, blah. I was merely switching desks from the one I sat at by our TV editor, our beloved Rita Sherrow. My apologies.

OK, that's all I have for now. In the mean time, if you hear of sales and stuff, PLEASE let me know about them so I can spread the word, 'K? Just holler via email, jason.wright@tulsaworld.com.

Peace, love and sissies ... XOXO


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Breast Impressions (last year)
Shame on him for stealing your book title, but what about naming it "Wonderwoman Wright". XOXOXOX
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While other kids were watching "The Smurfs," Scene Writer Jason Ashley Wright was tuned in to "Style with Elsa Klensch." By fourth grade, he knew he wanted to write, and spent almost three years publishing a weekly teen-oriented magazine, Teen-Zine -- circulation: 2. After earning a degree in journalism from the University of Southern Mississippi, he became the medical reporter and teen board coordinator for the Hattiesburg (Miss.) American, a Gannett newspaper. Eight months later, with visions of Elsa dancing in his head, he applied for the fashion writer position at the Tulsa World, where he began working on Aug. 3, 1998. He is now a general assignment reporter for Scene.

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