Lane von Herzen: Emails to the OIG Hotline, February 4 and 5, 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 5, 2026

Emails to the OIG Hotline, February 4 and 5, 2026

OIG Hotline, please see my communications to your Office from lanemacwilliams@gmail.com, bearing the following subject headings and date/time stamps. This list will be updated throughout the day.

February 5, 2026:

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: STORAGE SPACE ALMOST AT MAXIMUM, sent at 9:42 AM Pacific time.

February 4, 2026:

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: ATTN: The Natural Resources Defense Council, Board Members Re: The NRDC's Role in a New Initiative to Preserve and Expand the National Parks of the United States, sent at 9:31 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: ATTN: World Wildlife Fund Board Members Re: WWF's Role in a New Initiative to Preserve and Expand the National Parks of the United States, sent at 9:30 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: ATTN: The National Park Conservation Association Re: The NCPA's Role in a New Initiative to Preserve and Expand the National Parks of the United States, sent at 9:29 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: ATTN: The Nature Conservancy, Board Members Re: The Nature Conservancy's Role in a New Initiative to Preserve and Expand the National Parks of the United States, sent at 9:27 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: ATTN: Sierra Club, Board Members Re: The Sierra Club's Role in a New Initiative to Preserve and Expand the National Parks of the United States, sent at 9:26 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: ATTN: Chandler Green Re: EDF's Role in a New Initiative to Protect and Expand the National Parks of the United States, sent at 9:25 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: ATTN: Raul Arce-Contreras Re: EDF's Role in a New Initiative to Protect and Defend the National Parks of the United States, sent at 9:24 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: EDF's Role in Protecting and Expanding the National Parks of the United States, sent at 9:15 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Request on Your Behalf; Outreach, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 7:37 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Your Legally Documented Separation From All Government Agencies, Entities, Contractors and Employees As of Now, sent at 4:09 PM and 4:20 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Request for Intervention Re: Inserted Typographical Error by the FBI Intended to Further Victimize the Son of a Human Rights Advocate, sent at 3:23 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Complaint Re: Obstruction of Signing, February 4, 2026, sent at 2:37 PM Pacific time.