Lane von Herzen: New Emails for the OIG Hotline

My Third Novel's Conclusion, My Heartbreak

My heart begins to break when I think about completing this particular book -- because this narrative has sustained me like no other story I've known. It's both more personal and more universal than my other works. But beyond memory and archetype, it's a cri-de-coeur about needing to become the person one is destined to be. And in the writing, I have met my own life's work, my own fated journey -- having the sense all the while that the pages are suffused with a resonance, an energy, an electrified field that defies explanation. Writers hope and pray to be overtaken by a work in this way -- to be conscripted into passionate service of a profound story. To experience it even once in a lifetime seems a great privilege. I still have several months before this novel is complete, and this constitutes my reprieve. Because I'm not ready for the beauty to end.

Sunday, March 10, 2024

New Emails for the OIG Hotline

OIG Hotline, please reference new emails sent to the attention of your Office within my gmail accounts, bearing the following subject headings and date/time stamps:

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Notes to Myself Re: The Total Figures, sent at 6:44 AM on March 10, 2024
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: FBI Foreign Language Corruption of YouTube Feed, sent at 10:09 PM on March 9, 2024
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: ODOMETER 3/9/24, sent at 7:12 PM on March 9, 2024
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Package Remaining on Buick 3/9/24, sent at 6:48 PM on March 9, 2024

I will request that my husband notarize an affidavit attesting to the odometer readings and associated driving regarding my Buick on the chance this will assist your investigation and that of the ODNI.

As you know, the OIG Hotline has my full permission to access my email accounts at any time your Office so desires.

Most sincerely,