Lane von Herzen: Two Important 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.

Saturday, July 27, 2024

Two Important Emails for the OIG Hotline

OIG Hotline, please see an important email sent to your attention within lanemacwilliams@gmail.com, bearing the subject heading ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: The Welfare of Xxxxxx MacWilliams, sent at 1:20 PM this afternoon, July 27, 2024.

In addition, please reference a pressing safety concern expressed within an email sent to your Office attention a short time ago. It's subject heading is ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Allegation of Visible Explosive Attached to Gas Line at 45 Vista Verde Way, sent at 6:23 PM this evening, July 27, 2024.

Thank you for allowing me to express these important concerns.

Most sincerely,