Lane von Herzen: Confirmation of Lane MacWilliams' Character and Stability -- Post in Progress

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, October 31, 2024

Confirmation of Lane MacWilliams' Character and Stability -- Post in Progress

OIG Hotline, the following communication is herewith transcribed for ease of reading. This communication was forwarded to your Office's attention within lanemacwilliams@gmail.com at 12:26 PM today, October 31, 2024.

A remarkable Halloween.

I remain most respectfully yours,

Lane MacWilliams

To: kpmacw@gmail.com

From: lanemacwilliams@gmail.com

Subject heading: ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Confirmation of Lane MacWilliams' Character and Stability

Date/time: October 31, 2024 at 12:22 PM

Love, whenever you emerge from your meeting, would you feel inclined to verify for me via email that you fully attest to my clarity of mind, my psychological stability, the fact that I have never seen a psychiatrist, that I am taking no neuroleptics and have never taken neuroleptics, that I have never taken any psychiatric medication of any kind, and that my efforts to illuminate the issue of knowingly falsified law enforcement reporting have been rational, thoughtful, ethical, and indeed heroic? Perhaps, too, you would be willing to attest to the fact that I maintain the highest honor and integrity in all my conduct, and that you have known me to respect and uphold the law, alongside the civil liberties and human rights of others, at all times past and present?

I think it would also help greatly for you to confirm that you know me to be monogamous, and that I have been so for the whole of our marriage -- that you know me to be heterosexual -- that you know me to be a deeply loving, loyal, genuine, stable and compassionate person -- that you have known me to be a loving and selfless parent -- that you have never known me to have addiction issues of any kind -- that you know me to be in all ways admirably honest, intelligent, dedicated, perceptive, and caring.

I would ask that you only express your true opinions in every regard, and that you do so scrupulously and meticulously.

Thank you for prioritizing this critical communication.

Love,

Lane