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.
I'm not your lover who
Can come and go all night
Maybe a round or two
That's what I do alright
I'm not your hardcore tool
That hammers restlessly
If you're both hot and cool
You'll see the best of me
You were cute and classy
But a brute and sassy
Hoped that you'd undress me
And you did
It took time to tame you
Thought I might sustain you
Woman, I can't blame you
God forbid
Life is waiting, life is longing
Sometimes hating, sometimes wronging
Sometimes loving, sometimes bliss
Life is but a mix of this
Life is dreaming, life is wishing
Overthinking, overfishing
Failing where we've failed before
Life is all those things and more
It's strange to think you knew me
So many years ago
You used to see right through me
But that's no longer so
It's strange that now we're strangers
Who never write or call
No random look exchangers
You don't know me at all
I really don't believe in sin
It's just a word, no more
I don't believe that blood or kin
Still matter like before
I do believe we're all the same
But different, none the less
That we are shaped by whence we came
No matter how we dress
