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, August 24, 2024

An Update

 UPDATE:  40 Questions and Answers has been revised to reflect that the threat of my older son's abduction yesterday, while apparently real, had nothing whatsoever to do with the Vice President, whom I hope is currently endeavoring to protect us and provide us with FOIA reports and investigative reports.

I apologize for conveying this threat as I received it from FBI affiliates.  I was sufficiently distressed over the threat to my son's life that I attempted to convey the threat without including my own interpretation of its likelihood.  I hope that, given my distress, this communication can be better contextualized.

My son's travel to his counseling program yesterday was delayed by 1 1/2 hours, leaving him in a vulnerable and undefended position while I was receiving active threats of his abduction.

Clearly, the FBI's implication of the Vice President in authorizing this threat was disinformation, designed to divide those who are likeminded at a critical juncture.

Accordingly, I have revised my post that follows.

Thank you for allowing me to document this update.

Lane MacWilliams


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