Lane von Herzen: Additional Emails for 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.

Monday, November 4, 2024

Additional Emails for the OIG Hotline

OIG Hotline, please see the following emails sent to your attention within lanemacwilliams@gmail.com:

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Exclusion of Certain Individuals from My Estate, November 4, 2024, sent at 8:11 PM on November 4, 2024
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Documentation Recent Reading, November 4, 2024, Confidential, sent at 6:26 PM on November 4, 2024
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Unrecognized Caller, November 4, 2024, sent at 6:16 PM on November 4, 2024

Due to threats to our safety at this time, I appreciate your accessing the contents of these communications at your earliest convenience.

Most respectfully,