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.
You always text me "Good night"
And now I can't fall sleep
Your silence doesn't feel right
My worries start to grow deep
Maybe you battery's low
Maybe it's not about me
But now my fears start to grow
Fed by this uncertainty
I'm looking at your selfies
Just why, I cannot say
How come you still enthrall me?
And it still hurts today?
Been years since last I saw you
We fought so fucking much
So how come I still love you?
And miss your words and touch?
We know you want him dead
His trial's just a show
Because of what he said
Because of what we know
Convicted of no crime
Yet tortured and abused
He's done more than his time
It's you who stand accused
#FreeAssange
There was a time when I kept you alive
And yet we're strangers now
My love, my words, they made you survive
That's what I do somehow
There was a time when we wrote every day
I held your bursting heart
You're better now and off on your way
Because I played my part
I'd like to think that you still think of me
That I still matter somehow
And that you're lonely right now
And that you touch your body tenderly
That no one else could give you what we had
And that you miss me and us
And in my head we discuss
What we are not, and how it makes me sad
