Lane von Herzen: Newly Notarized Affidavit 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.

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Newly Notarized Affidavit for the OIG Hotline

OIG Hotline, please be apprised of a new email sent to your attention within lanemacwilliams@gmail.com, with copies sent to lmacwilliams77419@gmail.com and lmacwilliams7417@gmail.com, bearing a date/time stamp of November 15, 2023 at 9:29 PM Pacific time.

This communication has a subject heading which reads as follows:

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Newly Notarized General Affidavit of LM.

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

With abiding appreciation,