Lane von Herzen: Statement of Appeal, September 6, 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.

Friday, September 6, 2024

Statement of Appeal, September 6, 2024

OIG Hotline, if a Statement of Appeal should be necessary to protect our safety at this time, please access it within my gmail account lanemacwilliams@gmail.com, sent to your attention at 7:41 PM Pacific time on September 6, 2024.

Thank you very much for your advocacy in this matter.

Most sincerely,