John Klawitter Books

True stories from John Klawitter, Hollywood writer-producer-director. Whether you're pitching some famous old witch doctor who owns a big animation production company, or sending a query letter to a 25-year-old cannibal prince who lucked into being the head of acquisitions at a giant publishing conglomerate, the stories of discovery and survival in TINSEL WILDERNESS can be a source of inspiration and encouragement. From the book-lined offices of Random House and Doubleday to the West Coast movie studios with their wide views of palm trees and the blue Pacific, the wilderness is a strange place for those not expecting the weird, the unpredictable and the rough-and-tumble. To you, storytelling is as important as life itself. But to the natives it's often little more than trinkets and beads they can exchange for furs and scraps of meat. The trick is, you don't want to be the meat. As the natives often say with a wise nod of the head, It's too late to moo when you're hamburger. You're a talented person, a creative writer, an artist in your own right. So as you take the first steps off the beaten path and into the tall grass toward the distant blue mountains, remember to stay alert, keep your weapons handy, and always expect the unexpected...you're in the TINSEL WILDERNESS.

The aliens are back - to convert earth into hell! The point is, with DEVILS, that scene in the doctor's office really did happen to me. The doc, who was a pretty good pal of mine, actually said I had a small implant near the joint of my left thumb. Showed it to me on an x-ray, said it was maybe an old piece of pencil lead; then he got interrupted by a phone call, came back and didn't know what I was talking about, denied there was any such thing, looked at me like I was crazy. Somebody - maybe Decartes or Spinoza - goes on and on questioning How do we know what we know is really real? You gotta walk away from that sort of thinking or it can drive you crazy. Forget about it. Don't worry about anybody else; you gotta blank yourself or you'll end up in the nuthouse.

Hollywood Havoc In The Trouble With FAT BOY An Exciting New Matinee Episodic Thriller by John Klawitter Clever and energetic Matt Havoc thought he’d seen everything. As long-time assistant to B-movie Hollywood film mogul Vinnie Berger, he’s learned to think quick and move fast. But when his quirky old neighbor goes into business with Nigerian scam artists who just may be terrorists, Matt finds himself a player in a deadly plot with more twists than one of Vinnie’s movies. As if that wasn’t enough, both a new love and a gorgeous and sexy ex-wife come back into Matt’s life at the same time. Something has to give—or does it? After all, this is Tinseltown, where survival is an art form and you’re only good as your last picture.

When kids are drafted, maybe one out of four is okay with it. But all four will be changed forever. In The Dimbo Patrol by John Klawitter, Jack. Beale, a former UCLA student, enlisted to fight in the Vietnam war voluntarily. He soon meets unlikely heroes Charles Magnolia, Larky Larkspin, and Mad Denny Haller, and together they become The Dimbo Patrol. The four friends face the violence, death, and horrors of the Vietnam war together and soon discover the sickening reality that the media and politicians hide from the public. As the four young men battle to remain sane in a situation many will not survive, they each have their own demons and nightmares to overcome. But through it all, they form a friendship and bond that will never die.

Wanna be film producer Matt Havoc is a veteran struggling to recover from war injuries when he gets the opportunity of a lifetime - the chance to do a docudrama telling the life story of NFL superstar Ripper Brown. But some dangerous gangsters will do anything to stop that story from being told.