Well yes, I'm late. Most importantly, late in thanking everyone who voted for Fairwater, which actually won the Deutscher Phantastik Preis last month ... winning it looked something like this. Thanks to everyone who spread the word!

Also, late in adding new pictures to my gallery or doing anything interesting at all. I handed in my thesis in early October - now it's waiting for reactions, which are due somewhen in late December. Patience clearly isn't my strong side, and although I'm quite content with the last months, I'm feeling rather burnt-out.

At the same time, I'm trying to focus on new novel projects, and I'm giving lots of thought about entering the editing business next year, which would mean making the last step towards self-employment (and, probably, empty bank accounts in my sixties), but I effectively managed to maneuver myself in a position where writing and editing might prove the single thing I know at least a little something about - and probably, noone will ever pay me for anything else. At least not for something I can stand for more than one year ... damn you, capitalism!

By the way, speaking of the future, I really loved that New York Times fake earlier this week. If you haven't read that formidable paper yet, you can download it here: [link]

Let's hope some people keep remembering how the future might look like if we wouldn't mess it up all the time

Stuff:

I don't know if I've ever linked to the trailer fellow author Olga put together for Fairwater, so here you are ... she did a wonderful job.

I'm also still around at Humble Voice, where I deposit my old keyboard recordings: [link] - rest assured, the best is yet to come!

Amazon links:

Fairwater, German language mystery / urban fantasy novel.

Gagarin’s Underpants, English short stories by the Creative Writing Class of Heidelberg University. With illustrations by `saintartaud.

Gallery links:

My gallery: Photography and designs.
My scrapbook: Short stories, poems and snapshots.