Lane von Herzen: Emails for 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.

Friday, June 12, 2026

Emails for the OIG Hotline

Please note that this list will be updated:

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Regarding the Matter of the First Amendment, sent on June 12, 2026 at 7:46 AM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Appetite, Conditionally Confidential, sent on June 12, 2026, at 5:46 AM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Update, June 12, 2026, sent on June 12, 2026, at 5:30 AM Pacific time.