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.




Friday, April 17, 2026

A Letter to Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs

 

Sent to Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs via email on Friday, April 17, 2026 at 10:46 AM Pacific time, with receipt confirmed at 10:46 AM Pacific time.

Dear Governor Hobbs:

I am happy to be visiting Arizona for the first time in many years, currently staying in Flagstaff and considering a rental home here.

Governor Hobbs, you may know that I stand as a human rights advocate in an important federal case before the Supreme Court regarding human rights violations perpetrated by the FBI against the honorable American public.  I support the long term sovereignty of all Americans, despite astonishing incursions by the FBI and its affiliates into fundamental freedoms of United States citizens that are intended by the agency to represent indefinite losses.  Many of these FBI violations relate to knowingly falsified law enforcement reporting against the law-abiding American public, together with affiliated harm.

As a direct result of my ongoing support for our most fundamental freedoms, including freedom of speech, peaceable assembly, freedom of the press, and the right to own private property, I have drawn the special attention of the FBI, which appears to maintain a retaliatory perspective.

The agency has suggested that it will render it impossible for me to locate a rental home within Flagstaff, and that, even if I were to secure a home, the agency would perpetrate various environmental harms to the property that would render it an unsafe domicile -- this, as a supposed "national security" prerogative.

My point to the FBI has always been that totalitarianism, permanently ensconced in the architecture of the governance of the United States, is safe for no one.

One particular FBI agent with strong ties to Russia has suffered repeated disciplinary action by the DOJ as a direct result of his unwarranted false reporting regarding my human rights case, and he appears to be persisting in his wrongful assertion of authority within Flagstaff.

Specifically, my requests for rental housing tours remain unanswered, and the FBI appears to extend ongoing threats to harm any property I might secure, even for a stay of three to six months.

I am certain that such conduct violates Arizona's fair housing statutes, as well as federal law.  Accordingly, I wonder whether your administration might assist me in requesting honorable follow up to my housing inquiries to tour available rental homes at xxxx South xxxxxxxx Rd. and xxx xxxxx Rd.  My attempts to fill out housing applications online are being blocked altogether, so realtors may need to assist me with hard copy application forms.  My husband and I do own two homes and our joint income is high.

I do have my two beloved dogs, Poppy and Birdie, with me.  These trusted pets, on whose judgment I have come to rely, appear to love Flagstaff more than any other place we have visited over thousands of miles on our current travels.  They are never wrong about people or places, I find, and for this and many other reasons, they are cherished traveling companions.

Are there ways in which I might contribute to Arizonans' human rights if I am unable to remain in the state, with my safety reasonably assured?  I have no doubt that there are.

I have committed to advocate for Americans' futures in a bi-partisan way, because awards extended to me through the U.S. DOJ are very substantive, and I have allocated a portion of them to foundations for specific causes that will assist the nation as a whole.

But within this framework, there are myriad worthy and, indeed, transformative goals that can be accomplished.

Perhaps if I am supported in remaining in Arizona for a time, we can further explore the many ways in which I might support the future of Arizona as a whole.

Thank you for any efforts your administration might extend on my behalf in the meantime.

With kind wishes and best regards,

Lane MacWilliams



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