Lane von Herzen: UPDATE: Notification of Brief Errand, 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

UPDATE: Notification of Brief Errand, January 12, 2025

UPDATE: OIG Hotline, I have returned from my errand safely, with all documents safe and secure and returned to the interior of my home.

For more information about this errand, please see an email sent to your attention within lanemacwilliams@gmail.com at 8:20 PM today, January 12, 2025, with the subject heading ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Trip to San Francisco, January 12, 2025, Confidential.

Most sincerely,

Lane MacWilliams

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OIG Hotline, I need to run a brief errand while my husband and older son are in San Francisco visiting with my younger son and MX.

I will be taking my documents with me for safeguarding during this brief outing. I will not be disseminating or copying my documents, nor will I be communicating their contents to anyone in any way, shape or form.

Further, I will be video and audio recording my progress.

I will report back here with further details when I have safely returned home.

Thank you for allowing me to extend this documentation to your Office.

Most sincerely,