Larry Buege

XXXPlease feel free to snoop around, kick the tires, and take my website for a test drive—it needs
the exercise. As the name implies, my short stories are short. They portray an eclectic range of
topics from humor to sadness, from the reality of war, to the perception of Alzheimer's patient.
Hopefully, there is something here to please the taste of everyone's literary palate.

XXXI am not a poet. The poem I Have Been to the Wall is my one-and-only poem. It will never
win any awards, nor will it find its way into a book of poetry. It was written more for my pleasure
than for any external audience. Many veterans, however, have found it moving and worth the read.
As of this writing, the poem has been viewed by individuals from forty-five countries.

XXXI have written four novels over the last ten years, but they are still awaiting a sympathetic
publisher. I have posted synopses of the novels as well as the first chapters for any editors who
might stumble across this website.

XXXIn 1999 I was diagnosed with cancer on the left vocal chord. I didn't know if I would ever talk
again or, perhaps, this was the beginning of the end. With no voice and nothing better to do, I
began e-mailing my friends with humorous descriptions of my medical plight. Today, it would be
called a blog. They were well received with many people asking to be added to my e-mail list.
When I finished my treatment, I had over sixty people on the list and more were asking for reprints.
At their request, I placed the letters on a website and forgot about them. Years later, I placed a
counter on the site that logged the number of hits as well as the location of the searcher (city and
state). I assumed only people I referred to the site were visiting. To my surprise, I had visitors from
forty countries and counting. Cancer knows no borders. The letters are long and probably of
interest only to cancer patients and their families.

XXXLastly, for the benefit of other writer want-a-be's, I have listed some writing rules I have
accumulated over the years. Some may be controversial, but they have served me well.