Lane von Herzen: Confidential Communications Regarding Mary Grinnell

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.

Saturday, August 20, 2022

Confidential Communications Regarding Mary Grinnell

A scan of a confidential document was sent today to the Office of the Inspector General Hotline of the U.S. Department of Justice in care of the OIP as part of an email regarding the following: Confidential Communication Regarding Mary Grinnell. This email, with one attachment of a single page, was sent to the OIG Hotline from lanemacwilliams@gmail.com at 10:18 a.m. Pacific time on August 20, 2022, with an additional email sent to selected recipients within the OIP at 10:22 a.m. Pacific time. Copies of both emails were forwarded to lanemacwilliams@gmail.com and lmacwilliams77419@gmail.com.

A second scan of a confidential document was sent today to the Office of the Inspector General Hotline of the U.S. Department of Justice in care of the OIP as part of an email regarding the following: Second Confidential Communication Regarding Mary Grinnell, August 20, 2022. This email, with one attachment of two pages, was sent to the OIG Hotline from lanemacwilliams@gmail.com at 11:16 a.m. Pacific time on August 20, 2022, with an additional email sent to selected recipients within the OIP at 11:19 a.m. Pacific time. Copies of both emails were forwarded to lanemacwilliams@gmail.com and lmacwilliams77419@gmail.com.