Lane von Herzen: 4:30 PM New Email 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.

Monday, March 18, 2024

4:30 PM New Email for the OIG Hotline

OIG Hotline, please see a new email sent to your attention within my gmail accounts with the following subject heading and date/time stamp: ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Notes to Myself Re: Disturbing Allegations from FBI Affiliates, sent at 4:30 PM on March 18, 2024.

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

Most sincerely,