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.
It seems your desires can never be fed
I knew of your passion the moment we met
You eat us alive but you're never fulfilled
You're bursting with longings that cannot be killed
I gave you permission to come and to go
Don't know if you'd stayed here if I had said "No"
You need them inside you just like you do me
While I dream of something that might never be
I wish you were here now, and every night
But it's pretty clear how I'm losing this fight
You need your time alone, I get it
No need to watch your phone, don't sweat it
It's you and never me, it's no crime
To let your weekend be alone time
I'm clearly not like you, I'm clingy
The you time thing you do would bring me
No energy or strength, I told you
I'd go to quite some length to hold you
You loving me despite the way I am
Was never good enough for me
Because the others loved me for it
And sure, I do not have to give a damn
And I could take it, wait and see
But I'm not willing to ignore it
I tried to write an ode to sweatpants
But then I quickly realized
No need to write a lot to that end
Sweatpants are just really nice
I was the best you'd ever had
But never good enough
You let your smart but stubborn head
Contaminate our love
I brought you unexpected joy
And taught you ecstasy
But I was no tuxedo boy
And so you had to flee
