Lane von Herzen: Documentation for the OIG Hotline, September 28, 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.

Saturday, September 28, 2024

Documentation for the OIG Hotline, September 28, 2024

OIG Hotline, please be apprised that I am currently working on today's documentation for your Office, which includes a Request for Injunctive Relief #15, sent to your attention at 9:18 AM today, September 28, 2024. Further Requests and documentation will be forthcoming shortly.

Most sincerely,