Lane von Herzen: Emails Sent to the OIG HOTLINE on February 12, 2026

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, February 12, 2026

Emails Sent to the OIG HOTLINE on February 12, 2026

OIG HOTLINE, please see the following emails, sent to your Office today, February 12, 2026. Please note that this list is not complete:

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Complaint, February 12, 2026, Confidential, sent at 9:34 AM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Welcoming Xxxxxxxx, sent at 11:56 AM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: An Invitation to ..., sent at 12:04 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Receipt for Donation to Nature Conservancy, sent at 4:29 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Battling False Information, sent at 6:43 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Please Be Aware of Break-in Allegation, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 7:00 PM Pacific time.