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, May 21, 2026

Recent Emails to the OIG Hotline

OIG Hotline, please see my recent emails sent to the attention of your Office. Please note that this list is not complete.

May 22, 2026:

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: KPM Texts, sent at 9:40 AM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Request for Immediate Intervention Re: Fwd:..., sent at 10:14 AM Pacific time.

May 21, 2026:

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Update, May 20, 2026, Confidential, sent a 1:26 AM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Photos for you of my patio, sent at 12:21 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Empowerment, sent at 12:22 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Please replace your vitamins promptly, sent at 12:24 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Upholding You at All Times, sent at 12:25 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Battling False Claims, sent at 12:30 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Unexplained Plastic Bead on Floor of Apartment, sent at 12:41 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Request to Mxxx... sent at 1:09 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Boys, please respond as soon as you can, sent at 1:14 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Background Information for Your Office, sent at 2:35 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Please refund inappropriate charges relating to cancelled reservation at SpringHill Suites by Marriott. Bonvoy #xxxxxxxxx., sent at 2:46 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Requesting Update Regarding Name Change Request, Case #CVxxxxxxxxx, sent at 2:51 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Wxx, sent at 4:23 PM Pacific time.

May 20, 2026:

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: A Degree of Sovereignty for My Husband; Confidential, sent at 10:24 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: The Gift of Listening, sent at 11:33 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Health Update, May 20, 2026, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 1:06 PM Pacific time.