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23 September 2026 · Advertisement
On my wish list: the DJI Osmo Pocket 4P
A camera for my jacket pocket — for videos from Leonberg, from readings and from behind the scenes. Not bought yet, but firmly in my sights.
23 September 2026 · Family
Elaiza is learning the guitar
Arranged through the music school, held right at her own school — plus a small classical guitar to start with.
4 September 2026 · Music
The soundtrack to «Warum Mütter töten» is here
Fifteen songs in English — released before the book existed. To be heard on YouTube Music, Spotify and Apple Music.
31 July 2026 · Leonberg
An afternoon with the alpacas
Warm noses, calm animals and a path that ends 400 metres further up. An afternoon entirely without a dark story.
22 June 2026 · Game
«Sieben Blüten»: The LeoZeit game is now online
A small strategy game for the browser — alone against the computer or with someone else, right here on the site.
16 June 2026 · Music
The soundtrack to LeoZeit: Schatten is here
Ten songs to go with the story, with a female and a male voice. Listening samples from the music project that stands on its own.
6 June 2026 · Blog
A little tortoise and a big responsibility
She had fallen from the third floor. Why a tortoise needs papers in Germany — and how it all turned out.
8 March 2026 · Culture
50 years of Ballettschule Evi Ritter — “Die Hexe Rosa”
Three sold-out performances for the anniversary: a dance piece that silenced a whole Stadthalle.
4 March 2026 · Essay
Sebastian Fitzek and the art of selling fear
„Die Therapie“, newly published: why millions of people read fear on purpose — and what a thriller has to do to deliver it.
2 March 2026 · Leonberg
The Pomeranzengarten: a forgotten piece of Italy in Swabia
Below the castle hides a Renaissance terrace garden — laid out for a duchess, overlooked by many today.
2 March 2026 · Behind the scenes
My book runs to a good 350 pages. We made the film just the two of us.
Do I write my books with AI? The short answer is no. The longer one also explains how the film came about.
2 March 2026 · Leonberg
Leonberg as a literary setting
Market square, castle, Pomeranzengarten: the places you walk through here are the setting of a fantasy adventure.