Lane von Herzen: New Notarized Affidavit for OIG Hotline, October 17, 2023

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.

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

New Notarized Affidavit for OIG Hotline, October 17, 2023

OIG Hotline, please see a newly notarized affidavit for your Office to your attention within lanemacwilliams@gmail.com, with copies sent to lmacwilliams77419@gmail.com and lmacwilliams7417@gmail.com, bearing a date/time stamp of today, October 17, 2023 at 8:47 PM Pacific time.

The subject heading of this communication reads as follows: ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: New Notarized Affidavit from Lane MacWilliams for Your Office.

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

I hope to include the details of an updated affidavit from my husband later this evening.

Most sincerely,