Lane von Herzen: Emails Sent to the OIG HOTLINE on February 9, 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.

Monday, February 9, 2026

Emails Sent to the OIG HOTLINE on February 9, 2026

OIG HOTLINE, please see the following emails sent to your Office from my email account on February 9, 2026. This information will be updated as necessary.

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Customer Concern: Lane MacWilliams, sent at 2:33 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: JDI-78140/Lane MacWilliams/2010 Buick LaCrosse, sent at 2:56 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Please Read and Advice, sent at 3:14 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: MacWilliams Family Health Update, February 9, sent at 4:59 PM Pacific time.
ATTN; OIG HOTLINE Re: Keywords, February 9, 2026, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 4:59 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE, United States Congress, Honorable Justices of the Supreme Court: A Few Words on American Slavery, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 6:18 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: 45 Vista Verde Way, A1 Fence Estimate, sent at 6:45 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Your Superior Fence & Rail Estimate, sent at 6:49 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Outreach to KL, sent at 7:13 PM Pacific time.