Lane von Herzen: 9:37 AM Restricted Access: For OIG Hotline Only

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.

Friday, January 12, 2024

9:37 AM Restricted Access: For OIG Hotline Only

OIG Hotline, please see the following communication, sent to Stanford Medicine's Ethics staff at 9:27 AM this morning. This communication was forwarded to the attention of your Office within lanemacwilliams@gmail.com, lmacwilliams77419@gmail.com, and lmacwilliams7417@gmail.com, bearing the subject heading ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Request for Immediate Advocacy from Ethics Staff Pertaining to H2 Patient Graham MacWilliams, sent at 9:31 AM.

Given time urgency, I am placing this communication here for your immediate review.

I would respectfully request intervention in ensuring that H2 request a continuance for Graham's Riese hearing so that Stanford Medicine can responsibly prepare for a successful outcome.

I will be forwarding necessary permissions to your Office shortly.

Most sincerely,