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 11, 2026

Recent Emails to the OIG Hotline

OIG Hotline, please see recent emails sent to your Office, listed below. Please note that this list is not complete.

July 11, 2026

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Fwd: Vessel Safety Checks, sent at 6:16 AM Central Daylight time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Battling False Claims, sent at 6:14 AM Central Daylight time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Recent Hotel Stays, sent at 6:06 AM Central Daylight time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Closing Out Flagstaff, AZ Apartment, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 5:00 AM Central Daylight time.

July 10, 2026

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Southwind Park, sent at 5:06 PM Central Daylight time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: (External) - Fwd: Documentation for mooring, sent at 12:36 PM Central Daylight time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: 2021 Communication Regarding Anodyne's Correct Registration Numbers: Fwd: Color of registration numbers on Anodyne, sent at 12:35 PM Central Daylight time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Missing Emails Regarding Anodyne, sent at 12:34 PM Central Daylight time.