Lane von Herzen: Confidential Communications to My Sons

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.

Thursday, September 26, 2024

Confidential Communications to My Sons

OIG Hotline, please be aware of confidential communications to my sons, sent to your attention within my gmail account at 6:01 PM and 6:31 PM this evening, September 26, 2024.

I will follow up at 7 PM to report any response to this outreach.

Thank you for your engagement with this concern, now as always.

Most sincerely,

Lane MacWilliams

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7:12 PM Update:

OIG Hotline, there has been no response to my email communications to my sons earlier this afternoon. Please see my update within my gmail account, forwarded to your attention at 7:07 PM.

Most sincerely,

Lane MacWilliams