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About Doug Molitor

Doug Molitor is an L.A. native who enjoys traffic, brushfires and earthquakes. He is the author of two series of comic novels: The Time Amazon series (Memoirs of a Time Traveler, Confessions of a Time Traveler, Revelations of a Time Traveler and Chronicles of a Time Traveler) and the supernatural rom-com series Full Moon Fever (Monster, He Wrote and Pure Silver.)

"You couldn't ask for a finer guide to the future - or the past - than Doug Molitor. "
- Larry Gelbart (M*A*S*H, Tootsie, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum)

Doug wrote for comedies (Sledge Hammer!, Lohman & Barkley, You Can't Take It With You, Police Academy, Rita's World) and sci-fi/fantasy adventure series (Sliders, Mission: Genesis, Adventure Inc., Young Hercules, F/X) and the western comedy Lucky Luke.

In animation, he cowrote the feature SpacePOP, and was writer and/or story editor for 200+ episodes of such series as The Wizard of Oz, Happily Ever After, X-Men, The Future Is Wild, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures, Sinbad, Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?, Class of the Titans, Roswell Conspiracies, Sabrina, Beetlejuice and Captain Planet. For the latter, he won two Environmental Media Awards and was nominated for the Humanitas Prize.

His 2008 musical election spoof, with Hillary and Obama singing "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better" has reached 2.5 million hits on YouTube. He is a former Jeopardy Champ, appearing a total of 13 days on two versions of the show.

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It's my honor to participate in "The Next Big Thing" Interview Series, thanks to the recommendation of the gifted, startling and passionate poet Cynthia Schwarztberg Edlow.

TNBT: What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?

A wild, amazonian tourist from the future drags a young archaeologist of today on a chase through time, tracking down a maniac who's erasing history.

TNBT: Where did the idea come from for the book?

I'm fascinated with trying to imagine our future. Rather than depict the usual bleak Armageddon aftermath, I wanted to start with society achieving a 22nd century paradise, then ask myself how that could go haywire...in a comedic way. Looking at how we behave as tourists, and how inaccurate history is in most of our popular entertainment, I thought that if science gave our descendants recreational time travel, it seems almost certain they'd come crashing back into our era and wreak all kinds of havoc.

TNBT: What genre does your book fall under?

Science-fiction/adventure/humorous. (Subgenres: Time travel/alternate history.)

TNBT: What actors would you choose to play the part of your characters in a movie rendition?

Let's face it, you need a star to make a movie. For David, he must project smarts, be good-looking in glasses, and be able to play romantic comedy. A modern Cary Grant. Ryan Gosling is a big star who can play anything. But if I were the director, I'd consider casting someone shorter and expert in comedy (like Seth Green) and surround him with actors the same height. Because if you hire a 6-foot David, casting Ariyl (who's 6-3) would be tough.

Most actresses are petite. Ariyl's the product of a century of genetic one-upmanship: She's tall and voluptuous, and strong as an ox. I can't think of a current star who'd be right. I'm sure the next Julie Newmar is out there; she's just not famous yet.

Having met the man, I wrote the part of the elderly physicist Sven with Eddie Bracken (Hail the Conquering Hero) in mind; alas, Eddie passed away before I turned the script into the novel.

TNBT: How long did it take you to write the first draft of the manuscript?

Four months. But of course, I've been rewriting ever since, so add a few years for the polish.

TNBT: Who or what inspired you to write this book?

I've known an Ariyl or two. And I've always loved history, science-fiction and comedy. So I wrote a TV pilot that combined all those elements: a rom-com about a sexy, powerful but naive time-tourist who needs a lot of help to get back home. The teleplay visited Santorini, Atlantis, L.A., and the dystopic future. When a producer took interest in it as a feature and suggested the idea of an antique baseball, I added the Ty Cobb part, plus the Philadelphia scenes. And after reading an article about The Magnificent Ambersons, I rewrote the script as a novel, with the Hollywood subplot that became its centerpiece.

TNBT: What else about your book might pique the reader's interest?

The legendary comedy writer Larry Gelbart vetted my 1945 Hollywood chapters, then asked to read the rest and gave me that wonderful blurb. I give thanks to him, and as well to writer/director/Oscar-winning FX artist Randall William Cook and sci-fi author Steven Paul Leiva, and the other authors and SF fans for all their kind reviews on Amazon.com.

"Memoirs" is the first volume of a trilogy. If you can't wait for the next one, I also have a second novel out soon, Full Moon Fever. It has the same quirky humor, but in the paranormal romance genre. An excerpt of it is in the upcoming anthology Love and Other Distractions, edited by Christiana Miller. Links to these upcoming books will be found (shortly) at my webpage:
http://www.dougsdozen.com/MemoirsofaTimeTraveler.html
If you'd like to see my TV credits, and/or if you enjoy political comedy (and are not exactly convinced that W Bush was our best president ever), please check out my site: www.DougsDozen.com

which includes links to my satirical webseries Doug's Dozen on FunnyOrDie.

And if you like all that, please friend me on Facebook!

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Chronicles of a Time Traveler (Time Amazon Book 4) Jun 27, 2019

by Doug Molitor

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The future will be stranger than you can imagine.

Humanity faces extinction, unless time travelers Ariyl Moro and David Preston can unravel the connection between Thomas Edison, asteroid mining, the Golden Age of Pirates, killer robots and a bevy of Hollywood sex goddesses.

Sci-fi meets romantic comedy...with sword-swinging adventure!

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Revelations of a Time Traveler (Time Amazon Book 3) Apr 17, 2018

by Doug Molitor

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Humanity is running out of time. Ariyl Moro, superstrong amazon from the 22nd century, has changed history again...and again...as Earth’s climate ricochets from hothouse planet to ice age.

Ariyl and her main squeeze, historian David Preston, have to travel through time and fight to restore her lost utopia...while battling Civil War assassins and Roman gladiators...and solving a deadly mystery in 1933 Hollywood.

Sci-fi meets rom-com with sword-swinging adventure!  

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Confessions of a Time Traveler (Time Amazon Book 2) Dec 24, 2017

by Doug Molitor

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History's not what it used to be. 

Ariyl Moro, the gene-powered Amazon from 2109 A.D., drags David Preston, archaeologist, back to ancient times to help her fix some broken historical events.

But after an epic night together, Ariyl vanishes, leaving David her Time Crystal . . . and a clue that might lead him back to her . . . in the camp of a Mongol warrior princess . . . or a harem in medieval Baghdad . . . or a monstrously mutated 1950s America. 

Sci-fi meets romantic comedy...with sword-swinging adventure! 

Note to readers: This book makes the assumption that climate change is not a hoax and anyone who thinks it is, is not qualified to be President. If you disagree, this is not the droid you're looking for. 

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Memoirs of a Time Traveler (Time Amazon Book 1) Dec 22, 2017

by Doug Molitor

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"You couldn't ask for a finer guide to the future -- or the past -- than Doug Molitor." -- Larry Gelbart (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, M*A*S*H, Tootsie)

In this fast-paced, thrilling journey through time, archaeologist David Preston comes into possession of a baseball supposedly signed by the legendary Ty Cobb in 1908, thanks to Ariyl Moro and her mysterious companion, Jon Ludlo. Except the ball tests out to be an impossible paradox. It was signed with a ballpoint pen (not invented until 1938) using ink that's several centuries older. But then, Ariyl and Ludlo aren't who they claim to be either.

Ariyl, a voluptuous 6-foot-3 beauty, turns out to be a tourist from a 22nd century paradise where time travel is the latest craze. Unbeknownst to her, however, her traveling companion, Ludlo, is a psychopath whose thefts are starting to alter history. In a world were even small changes in the timeline can cause catastrophic consequences, Ludlo's actions may completely destroy the future.

To stop Ludlo, David and Ariyl must solve a mystery involving Bronze Age swordsmen, modern-day Nazis, a steampunk world, Albert Einstein, some highly skeptical Founding Fathers, and a Golden Age Hollywood where the murder of a beloved movie star will spell doom for civilization.

Sci-fi meets romantic comedy...with sword-swinging adventure!

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Memoirs of a Time Traveler — Boxed Set: Time Amazon Series: Volumes 1-3 Jul 22, 2019

by Doug Molitor

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Sci-Fi Meets Romantic Comedy...With Sword-Swinging Adventure!

This boxed set includes the first three books in the Time Amazon series: Memoirs of a Time Traveler, Confessions of a Time Traveler and Revelations of a Time Traveler.

Memoirs of a Time Traveler: In this journey through time, archaeologist David Preston comes into possession of a baseball supposedly signed by the legendary Ty Cobb in 1908, thanks to Ariyl Moro and her mysterious companion, Jon Ludlo. Except the ball tests out to be an impossible paradox. It was signed with a ballpoint pen (not invented until 1938) using ink that's several centuries older. But then, Ariyl and Ludlo aren't who they claim to be either.

Ariyl, a voluptuous 6-foot-3 beauty, turns out to be a tourist from a 22nd century paradise where time travel is the latest craze. Unbeknownst to her, however, her traveling companion, Ludlo, is a psychopath whose thefts are starting to alter history. In a world were even small changes in the timeline can cause catastrophic consequences, Ludlo's actions may completely destroy the future.

To stop Ludlo, David and Ariyl must solve a mystery involving Bronze Age swordsmen, modern-day Nazis, a steampunk world, Albert Einstein, some highly skeptical Founding Fathers, and a Golden Age Hollywood where the murder of a beloved movie star will spell doom for civilization.

Confessions of a Time Traveler: History's not what it used to be. Ariyl Moro, the gene-powered amazon from 2109 A.D., drags David Preston, archaeologist, back to ancient times to help her fix some broken historical events. But after an epic night together, Ariyl vanishes, leaving David her Time Crystal…and a clue that might lead him back to her…in the camp of a Mongol warrior princess…or a harem in medieval Baghdad…or a monstrously mutated 1950s America.

Revelations of a Time Traveler: Humanity is running out of time. Ariyl Moro, superstrong amazon from the 22nd century, has changed history again...and again...as Earth's climate ricochets from hothouse planet to ice age. Ariyl and her main squeeze, historian David Preston, have to travel through time and fight to restore her lost utopia...while battling Civil War assassins and Roman gladiators...and solving a deadly mystery in 1933 Hollywood.

Hell Comes To Hollywood II: Twenty-Two More Tales of Tinseltown Terror Oct 1, 2014

by Eric Miller , Del Howison , Anthony C. Ferrante , Lisa Morton , Daniel P. Coughlin , Lin Shaye , Eric J. Guignard , John Palisano , Richard Christian Matheson , Doug Molitor , Hal Bodner , Brad C. Hodson , Graydon Schlichter , Ron Zwang , Donny Broussard , Erin Bennett , Katarina Leigh Waters , Tim Chizmar , William Lebeda , Carla Robinson , Kelly Kurtzhals , Heather E. Ash , R.B. Payne , Jeffrey Reddick

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This sequel to the critically acclaimed, Bram Stoker Award nominated horror anthology "Hell Comes To Hollywood" delivers twenty-two more terrifying tales set in Tinseltown. So take a behind the screams tour into the dark heart of show business and see the cast of bloodthirsty monsters, power-mad directors, starving zombies, deal-making demons and more horrific creatures tear up the screen! Buy your ticket, bloody the popcorn, and settle into your seat—and don’t forget to turn off your Hell phone…

A film crew tracks a creature in the forest—or is it tracking them…? A producer sells his soul for the rights to a comic book, but the deal isn’t what it seems… The hideous secret to an mega-star’s fame lies in the bottom of his hot tub… An actress buys a smartphone and gets far more than she bargained for… A reality TV show pushes contestants to insane limits… A Hollywood movie palace worker gets trapped in a ghostly nightmare…

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Love and Other Distractions (Short Story Anthology by 14 Hollywood Writers) Jul 20, 2013

by Christiana Miller , Doug Molitor , Keith Domingue , Dan Fiorella , Robert S. Levinson , C. David Stephens , Isaac Ho , Anne Toole , Ron Fernandez , Various Authors , Hugh Howey

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Although these stories are written for adults, 100% of the proceeds for this anthology will go to benefit the charity Kids Need to Read.

This anthology is all about that crazy little thing called love...and all the odd, impulsive, bizarre and sometimes illegal things people do in its name! With 20 stories, written by 14 Hollywood writers, spanning 7 different genres, it's a literary treasure trove that has something for everyone!

FOREWORD by Hugh Howey

Contemporary Fantasy / Horror:

FULL MOON FEVER by Doug Molitor: A couple will let nothing keep them from their romantic Valentine's dinner, not even death.

LOVE VOODOO by Christiana Miller: A blind date turns into a complicated marriage when a young widower puts a voodoo spell on his internet date.

LOVE GROWS WHERE MY WEREMARY GOES by Bart Gold: Newlyweds get more than they bargained for when a 'dog bite' turns the woman into a were-creature every full moon.

Suspense / Thriller:

AN ALEX LUTHECKER VALENTINE by Keith Domingue: Alex Luthecker goes to the ends of the earth to surprise his Valentine with a one-of-a-kind present.

Mystery:

CUPID IS AS CUPID DOES by Dan Fiorella: A hard-boiled private eye is hired by a love-lorn lady to locate Cupid, who seems to have taken it on the wing.

TAKE MY WORD FOR IT AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER by Robert S. Levinson: Two old comics meet to consider a love lost and a promise made.

Romance:

FRENCH FRIES AND LOVE SONGS by C. David Stephens: Twelve-year-old Raoul Chagny invites eleven-year-old Christine Daaé to a Valentine's Day dinner at a fancy French restaurant in Santa Monica, where each has conspired with Raoul's governess to surprise the other with a French love song.

Contemporary Fiction:

THE VAGINA DIALOGUES by Shelly Goldstein: Two female friends 'of a certain age' meet for tea on Valentine's Day. One is divorced, living with a man; the other is a widow and gun shy about dating. They talk about men, love, feminism, and how their life has changed since they -- and love -- were young.

FOR THE RECORD by Isaac Ho: A young man finds out the hard way that sex and corporate life don't mix.

STRING THEORY by Steve Chivers: The story of a relationship between an older woman and a younger man. Each chapter alternates between telling the story from her perspective and from his.

Science Fiction / Fantasy:

TWO INTO ONE by Ron Fernandez: Valentine's Day at the End of the World

WHAT MAKES A MAN by Judith Lutz: Two robots create a human in this provocative post-apocalyptic tale.

THE RED BANDIT by Anne Toole: A librarian's quiet night in the state library turns upside down when a man takes her captive, intent on stealing a magical tome, even if he has to burn down the entire library along with her.

Humor:

VARIOUS ESSAYS by Mark Miller: Mark's humor essays in this anthology are from his upcoming book, 500 Coffee Dates: Dispatches From The Front Lines Of The Online Dating Wars, in which he talks the dating talk after having walked th

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Full Moon Fever, Book 2: Pure Silver Oct 22, 2017

by Doug Molitor

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In Slavic lore, ‘vlkodlak’ means both werewolf and vampire. Two stages of the same creature. Kill the werewolf with anything but pure silver, and it rises as a vampire.

Drake Callahan learned of this legend too late to save his fiancée from undead author Peter Zaar. Now the only way Drake can restore Nikki to life is to destroy Zaar. But can he keep Nikki from turning killer first...or being caught by his cop friend Lisa, or Nikki’s priest brother, Kevin?

FULL MOON FEVER is a supernatural romantic comedy from the author of Memoirs of a Time Traveler.

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Full Moon Fever, Book 1: Monster, He Wrote Oct 22, 2017

by Doug Molitor

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Drake Callahan is a struggling horror novelist who’s about to get married. He also moonlights for the LAPD as their consultant on cult murders.

But the Full Moon Killings turn out to be something far worse. And then Drake finds his love life taking a weird turn...

FULL MOON FEVER is a supernatural romantic comedy from the author of Memoirs of a Time Traveler.

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Time Amazon (4 Book Series)

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From Book 1: "You couldn't ask for a finer guide to the future -- or the past -- than Doug Molitor." -- Larry Gelbart (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, M*A*S*H, Tootsie)

In this fast-paced, thrilling journey through time, archaeologist David Preston comes into possession of a baseball supposedly signed by the legendary Ty Cobb in 1908, thanks to Ariyl Moro and her mysterious companion, Jon Ludlo. Except the ball tests out to be an impossible paradox. It was signed with a ballpoint pen (not invented until 1938) using ink that's several centuries older. But then, Ariyl and Ludlo aren't who they claim to be either.

Ariyl, a voluptuous 6-foot-3 beauty, turns out to be a tourist from a 22nd century paradise where time travel is the latest craze. Unbeknownst to her, however, her traveling companion, Ludlo, is a psychopath whose thefts are starting to alter history. In a world were even small changes in the timeline can cause catastrophic consequences, Ludlo's actions may completely destroy the future.

To stop Ludlo, David and Ariyl must solve a mystery involving Bronze Age swordsmen, modern-day Nazis, a steampunk world, Albert Einstein, some highly skeptical Founding Fathers, and a Golden Age Hollywood where the murder of a beloved movie star will spell doom for civilization.

Sci-fi meets romantic comedy...with sword-swinging adventure!

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Hell Comes To Hollywood (2 Book Series)

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From Book 1: **Nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Anthology by the Horror Writers Association**

A screenwriter pays a ghastly price for inspiration—and begs for more… A director looking for fresh-faced talent finds more than he bargained for… A legendary diva will sacrifice anything for fame and glory… A TV personality discovers the twisted truth behind his co-star’s impossible celebrity scoops… A bizarre film by an unknown writer brings bloody chaos to everyone who screens it… A mail-room clerk finds out just what kind of guts it takes to become a top talent agent…

Vampiric producers, ghostly actors, psychotic limousine drivers, murderous stunt men and more haunt the streets and back lots of Hollywood in twenty original horror and suspense stories set in the heart of show business, and written by veteran movie and television professionals who went through Hell and back to bring you these tales.

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