Lane von Herzen: Important Email Communication to the OIG Hotline

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 17, 2024

Important Email Communication to the OIG Hotline

OIG Hotline, please be aware of a critical communication sent to your attention within lanemacwilliams@gmail.com at 12:19 PM Pacific time today, October 17, 2024, bearing the subject heading ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: URGENT....

I apologize for the late notice regarding this information; it was just conveyed to me a half hour ago.

Thank you for accessing this communication at your earliest opportunity.

Most gratefully,