Lane von Herzen: Communications to the OIG Hotline on November 21, 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.

Thursday, November 21, 2024

Communications to the OIG Hotline on November 21, 2024

OIG Hotline, please reference all of the following communications sent to your attention within lanemacwilliams@gmail.com this morning, November 21, 2024.

Thank you very much for accessing this information at your earliest possible convenience.

Please note that I have also included an updated signed statement of my husband sent to your attention yesterday evening, November 20, 2024 at 8:24 PM.

Most respectfully,