Lane von Herzen: Mailing from Viktor Goldmakher Forwarded to OIG Hotline Investigations Division, UPSP Form 3849

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.

Monday, October 31, 2022

Mailing from Viktor Goldmakher Forwarded to OIG Hotline Investigations Division, UPSP Form 3849

To the OIG Hotline Investigations Division:

I have forwarded Mr. Viktor Goldmakher's mailing to your Investigations Division, by filling out USPS Form 3849 as indicated in the photographs herewith.

Please note that this form is being faxed to you at this time, October 31, 2022 at 10:16 AM Pacific Time by Palo Alto UPS Store #4562. Confirmation will follow.

Thank you very much,

Lane MacWilliams