Lane von Herzen: Communications to the OIG Hotline, February 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.

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Communications to the OIG Hotline, February 12, 2025

OIG Hotline, please see my communications sent to the attention of your Office within lanemacwilliams@gmail.com. I will be updating my emails sent to your attention throughout the day.

Please access this information at your earliest opportunity.

Please note that I submitted a complaint through your online portal this morning pertaining to events that transpired on Sunday, February 9, 2025.

I appreciate the restoration of my access to this route of communication in light of the harm perpetrated in this instance and others. Thank you to all those who made that possible.

Most sincerely,