Lane von Herzen: 3:58 PM Email for the OIG Hotline, November 12, 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.

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

3:58 PM Email for the OIG Hotline, November 12, 2024

OIG Hotline, please be apprised of an email sent to your attention within lanemacwilliams@gmail.com, bearing the subject heading ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Renewed Threats of Harm Toward Sons and MX in Order to Silence Them as Witnesses, November 12, 2024, with a date/time stamp of November 12, 2024 at 3:58 PM Pacific time.

Due to time sensitivity, please access this communication at your earliest convenience.

Most respectfully,