Lane von Herzen: Communications for the OIG Hotline, January 26, 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 26, 2025

Communications for the OIG Hotline, January 26, 2025

OIG Hotline, please see my communications sent to the attention of your Office within lanemacwilliams@gmail.com, including those listed below.

Please be apprised that the communication "The Path Forward, January 26, 2025" was sent to your Office through the online portal at 4:46 AM Eastern time this morning, in unredacted form.

I will be sending communications to your Office later today pertaining to my travel to confirm that I have arrived home safely. I am currently scheduled to fly to SFO from Boston Logan on United Airlines at 8:00 AM on Flight 1008.

Thank you for accessing my communications at your earliest opporunity.

Most sincerely,