Lane von Herzen: Three New Emails for the OIG Hotline, 2:36 PM on February 9, 2024

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, February 9, 2024

Three New Emails for the OIG Hotline, 2:36 PM on February 9, 2024

OIG Hotline, please find three new emaisl sent 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: Fwd: Graham MacWilliams Currently Exhibiting Slurring, Memory Loss, Disorientation, and Cognitive Dulling, sent at 2:19 PM on February 9, 2024
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Charge Nurse Chuck's Disclosure of Graham's Attending Physician as Dr. Khalid Salaheldin and Resident Dr. Tronick, sent at 1:59 PM on February 9, 2024
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Permissions for Your Office to Speak to Dr. Khalid Salaheldin and Dr. Lauren Tronick, sent at 3:07 PM on February 9, 2024

There will be further communications to your Office today.

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

Most sincerely,