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.

Saturday, July 25, 2026

Recent Emails to the OIG Hotline

OIG Hotline, please see the following recent emails sent to your Office.

July 28, 2026

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Requesting that President Trump Preserve the Safety of an Honorable American Human Rights Advocate, sent at 12:44 AM Central Daylight Time.

July 27, 2026

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE: Birdie's Declining Health, July 27, 2026, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 11:32 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Background Information, July 27, 2026, sent at 4:20 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Here's what I do realize, sent at 2:01 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Project 2028, sent at 1:49 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Preserving the Foundation in All of My Conduct, sent at 1:34 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Health Update, July 27, 2026, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 12:32 PM and 1:22 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Update, July 27, 2026, 9:06 AM Central Daylight Time, sent at 9:07 AM, 4:11 PM and 6:27 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: GTM Texts, sent at 12:17 AM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Request for Immediate Intervention to Ensure Guest Safety, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 12:02 AM Central Daylight Time.

July 26, 2026

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Boys, please respond as soon as you can, sent at 11:59 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Update, July 26, 2026, 11:28 PM Central Daylight Time, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 11:33 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Update, July 26, 2026, 9:42 PM Central Daylight Time, sent at 9:43 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Your Sunday evening trip with Uber, sent at 8:21 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Your Sunday afternoon trip with Uber, sent at 8:14 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Requesting Engagement from Walmart Management Regarding Store Incident in Springfield, Illinois, sent at 8:02 PM and 8:03 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Uber Update, sent at 4:31 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Battling False Claims, sent at 12:03 AM Central Daylight Time.

July 25, 2026

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Threats of Dxx Deployment ..., sent at 11:54 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Stuart Park/Lewis Park, July 25, 2026, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 11:49 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Near Collision By Vehicle Running a Red Light Directly in Front of a Police Merit Board Office Building, sent at 11:35 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Springfield Airport, sent at 11:19 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Boys, please respond as soon as you can, sent at 8:40 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Falsification of VetCo Records, Conditionally Confidential, July 25, 2026, sent at 3:40 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Update, July 24, 2026, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 9:29 AM Central Daylight Time.