Lee R Jackson

I do remember bits. When I say that I don't mean I can remember word for word chapter whatever... But I do remember writing some things where I was pretty obviously influenced by stuff I was reading at the time. I know I was reading The Exorcist some point in my teens and that certainly influenced one of my stories at the time about some kid spinning his head around. I also vaguely remember submitting some sort of short story about a German shepherd dog to my teacher at about the same time. (Was I influenced by Stephen King's book Cujo? I don't know if I'd read it at that point.) These days, I look back and I think I was writing 'German Shepherd' not 'German Shepherd dog'. So in my mind I can now see images of some German farmer running around and biting people. Hey, I suppose it could make some book at some point. I do remember my English teacher at around that time couldn't give me anything less than 18/20 for the short stories I submitted. He obviously didn't worry about the German shepherd running around the fields. Anyhoo... moving along...

I'm not sure about the first book I read. I did read a lot of comics (I enjoyed Spiderman most of all) and Doctor Who books (yes, I confess I'm a Doctor Who fan). I do remember reading all the books in the The Chronicles of Prydain when I was in junior school. Also The Three Investigators books. They made me look at things in a different and analytical way.