BOOKS
Ever since I was little, writing books has been my dream. I started many but finished few. And those few never saw the (publishing) light of day. I usually gave up after around 40 pages and I can barely look at my old work anymore. I might upload something from my teenage years one day, just to give you an idea. Or not.
Then I tried to get a poem collection published for a while. The idea was to combine my writing with pictures from as many different contributors as possible … but that didn’t really work out either. So no books yet. Sorry.
Song adaptations
Translating songs into a different language (in my case either German or English) is quite a challenge. But it is great fun too! Finding the right words and rhymes to make it sound good while still preserving the meaning and feel of the original song – in a way it’s like a puzzle. I like it.
I’ve been interested in this field of work for several years now, and I’ve managed to create a few good translations (or rather adaptations). Here’s a selection:
If you want me to write an adaptation of your own work or your favorite song, feel free to contact me!
Subtitles
Subtitling is an area that I haven’t really found the time to get into yet. I’ve written the official German subtitles for some of Chris Thompson’s (supricky06) videos on YouTube a couple of years ago. I’ve also written several German subtitles for Shane Dawson’s old clips, but he never put them online. Too bad!
Other than that, there’s nothing much I could mention in this section. I think audio description might be a really fascinating field of work. Would be fun to try that someday.
If you want me to write your subtitles, feel free to contact me.
Poems
Over the last decade or so, I’ve posted countless short poems on Facebook and/or Twitter whenever I felt like writing. Poetry is what got me most of my Facebook fans. It’s more or less become my main creative focus for a couple of years. Here is an extensive collection of my favorite poems. Reading through all of them might take a while.
Was ich glaubte zu wissen
Vom Himmel
Verrinnt
All mein Sehnen
Vernebelt mein Denken
Bis der Stoff meines Kissens
Zu schimmeln
Beginnt
Von den Tränen
Die täglich ihn tränken
Another thing ends, but I remain
Not quite enough chest for all this pain
Not quite enough pain for quitting yet
So far from where I once thought I'd get
You wouldn't understand
Why I'm keeping these old photographs
Of you holding my hand
When we both now walk on different paths
You like your cuts, and clean
And I understand 'cause so do I
But what these pictures mean
Is that when I fight I still know why
Living
What's that like?
And have I ever done it right?
If I was dead and cold tonight
Who would mind?
Waiting
All my life
Just hoping that one day I might
But life keeps being far from bright
Or from kind
You're not much younger than my mum
And every man, you claim, will come
When you perform on top of him
All windows closed and lights all dim
You're confident that so will I
You scream and shiver, moan and sigh
You're cosplaying my wettest dream
I don't believe a word you scream
