Lane von Herzen: UPDATE at 5:00 PM

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.

Thursday, November 23, 2023

UPDATE at 5:00 PM

OIG Hotline, I will be providing an update on my Cape Cod home in this space on my blog at approximately 5:00 PM today.

Please ensure that it is received in a timely way.

Thank you very much for your help, and Happy Thanksgiving to all of those good people of honor and integrity within your Office. Their ethical attention to this matter continues to be sustaining.

On this day, as every day, I am tremendously grateful for your presence,

Lane MacWilliams