Lane von Herzen: Emails to the OIG Hotline, February 3 and February 4, 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.

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Emails to the OIG Hotline, February 3 and February 4, 2026

OIG Hotline, please see recent emails to your Office from lanemacwilliams@gmail.com. This documentation will be updated.

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: False Evidence from the FBI, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 8:46 AM Pacific time on February 3, 2026.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: GTM Text, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 9:15 AM Pacific time on February 3, 2026.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Thank you for your donation to NRDC!, sent at 7:23 PM Pacific time on February 3, 2026.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Request on Your Behalf; Outreach, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 7:53 PM Pacific time on February 3, 2026.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Three Hostages Whose Freedom Is Delayed, sent at 8:03 PM Pacific time on February 3, 2026.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Extension of Deadline, sent at 3:23 AM Pacific time on February 4, 2026.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: I Believe in You, sent at 4:38 AM Pacific time on February 4, 2026.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Complaint, GTM Health, sent at 4:55 AM Pacific time on February 4, 2026.