Lane von Herzen: Confidential, Redacted Communication

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, January 30, 2025

Confidential, Redacted Communication

OIG Hotline, a confidential, redacted communication was sent to oig.hotline@usdoj.gov this afternoon at 2:15 PM. Due to its sensitivity, this communication was not copied to my email accounts.

I will hope that the content of this communication can be shared with your Office in unredacted format at some point in the near future through your online portal, should my access to this conduit be restored.

Most sincerely,