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.

Monday, June 22, 2026

Emails to the OIG Hotline

OIG Hotline, please see the following email communications to your Office. This list will be updated.

June 22, 2026

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Your Voice Upheld, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 9:26 AM Pacific time. (a letter to my younger son)
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Boys, please respond as soon as possible, sent at 8:51 AM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: June 21, 2026 Documentation, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 4:02 AM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Heavy Equipment Issue, # 2xx, sent at 3:05 AM Pacific time.

June 21, 2026

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Assessment and Recommendations, June 21, 2026, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 5:20 PM Pacific time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Battling False Claims, sent at 4:59 PM Pacific time.

June 20, 2026

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Please respond truthfully and completely, Gxxxxx, sent at 7:17 PM Pacific time. (a letter to my older son, together with his response)