Lane von Herzen: Four New Emails 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.

Thursday, January 18, 2024

Four New Emails for the OIG Hotline

OIG Hotline, please be apprised that there are four new emails forwarded to your attention within lanemacwilliams@gmail.com, lmacwilliams77419@gmail.com and lmacwilliams7417@gmail.com, bearing the following subject headings and date/time stamps:

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Survey Response...; sent at 11:44 AM on January 18, 2024
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Hazardous Environmental Measures...; sent at 12:56 PM on January 18, 2024
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: My Happy Birthday Wish to Secretary Buttigieg Through Ameripac Survey, January 18, 2024; sent at 1:18 PM on January 18, 2024
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE RE: NDTC Poll; sent at 2:00 PM on January 18, 2024

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

In gratitude,