Lane von Herzen: Emails Sent to the OIG Hotline on March 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, March 5, 2026

Emails Sent to the OIG Hotline on March 4 and 5, 2026

OIG Hotline, please see emails sent to your Office on March 4, 2026:

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: No Follow Up from Jxxx Bxxxxx; No Concerns Expressed By Axxxx Dx Jxxxx, sent at 8:22 AM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Follow Up to Gardening Services at 45 Vista Verde Way, Portola Valley, sent at 8:42 AM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Invoice, sent at 8:44 AM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Battling False Information, sent at 1:07 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Amazon Deliveries and A-1 Asphalt, sent at 2:57 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Amazon Delivery, sent at 11:59 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Update and Documentation of Lane MacWilliams' Wifi Access, March 4, 2026, sent at 12:17 AM on March 5, 2026