Lane von Herzen: Recent Emails to the OIG Hotline

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, April 30, 2026

Recent Emails to the OIG Hotline

OIG Hotline, please see recent emails to your Office, listed below. Please note that this documentation will be updated throughout the day:

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Legal Name Change Procedure, sent at 3:22 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Battling False Claims, sent at 2:49 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Notes to Myself, sent at 2:40 PM Pacific time.
Fwd: ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: UA ENVS MS Application Update, sent at 2:23 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Facing a Recalcitrant FBI: Can Wisdom, Reason, Judgment and Goodwill Prevail, sent at 12:21 AM Pacific time.