Lane von Herzen: 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.

Friday, June 5, 2026

Emails to the OIG Hotline

OIG Hotline, please see the following emails sent to your Office's attention. Please note that this list is not complete.

June 6, 2026

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: KPM Texts, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 3:01 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: GTM Texts, sent at 2:31 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: KPM Texts, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 7:22 AM Pacific time.

June 5, 2026

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Health Update, June 5, 2026, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 11:04 PM and 11:38 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Dog Walking, sent at 9:54 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Touching Base, sent at 9:40 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Time Sensitive Complaint Request Court Review, sent at 9:21 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Meeting Request..., sent at 7:56 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Battling False Claims, sent at 7:23 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Additional Information Re: Boys, please respond as soon as you can, sent at 4:50 AM Pacific time.