Lane von Herzen: Important Emails for 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, December 27, 2023

Important Emails for OIG Hotline

OIG Hotline, please be aware of a long series of refunded contributions manifested by ActBlue this morning without my foreknowledge or consent.

I remain concerned that my contribution to the BVF this morning may not have been received or logged properly.

Please see emails sent to your attention within lanemacwilliams@gmail.com, lmacwilliams77419@gmail.com and lmacwilliams7417@gmail.com, with the following subject headings and time stamps on December 27, 2023:

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: How do you like your coffee?; sent at 9:09 AM
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: (ActBlue) Confirmation of refund; sent at 9:07 AM
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: (ActBlue) Confirmation of refund; sent at 9:06 AM
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: (ActBlue) Confirmation of refund; sent at 9:06 AM
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: (ActBlue) Confirmation of refund; sent at 9:05 AM
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: (ActBlue) Confirmation of refund; sent at 9:05 AM
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: (ActBlue) Confirmation of refund; sent at 9:04 AM
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: (ActBlue) Confirmation of refund; sent at 9:04 AM
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: (ActBlue) Confirmation of refund; sent at 9:03 AM
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: ActBlue Refund; sent at 9:03 AM
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: (ActBlue) Confirmation of refund; sent at 9:02 AM
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: (ActBlue) Confirmation of refund; sent at 9:02 AM
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: (ActBlue) Confirmation of refund; sent at 9:01 AM

I find the timing of these refunds to be highly unusual, and would ask that you apprise any other Offices which may need this information concerning these recent events, alongside the receipt confirming my contribution to BVF this morning.

Thank you very kindly for your support,