Lane von Herzen: Request that U.S. Postal Officer Forward AFE Letter to OIG Hotline Investigations Division

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.

Friday, January 27, 2023

Request that U.S. Postal Officer Forward AFE Letter to OIG Hotline Investigations Division

OIG Hotline investigators, I have affixed the following message to my U.S.P.S. postal carrier to my mailbox.

If your personnel have the ability to take possession of this mailing prior to FBI affiliates gaining control of the letter, I believe it may be materially helpful to the progress of your investigation.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is true and correct.