Lane von Herzen: Communications for the OIG Hotline, January 12, 2025

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.

Sunday, January 12, 2025

Communications for the OIG Hotline, January 12, 2025

OIG Hotline, please see communications sent to your attention within lanemacwilliams@gmail.com, including those listed below. I will be updating my communications to your Office throughout the day today, January 12, 2025.

Please access these emails at your earliest possible opportunity.

Please also be apprised of my submission through the OIG Hotline's online portal this morning at 8:18 AM Pacific time.

Thank you for your ongoing dedication to this matter.

Most respectfully,