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.

Thursday, July 30, 2026

Recent Emails to the OIG Hotline

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

July 30, 2026

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Boys, please respond as soon as you can, sent at 1:36 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: A Word About Cuba: Translating the FBI's Conduct for a Weary American Public, sent at 1:29 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Centennial Park Follow Up, sent at 8:57 AM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Hilton Honors Member, sent at 8:35 AM Central Daylight Time.

July 29, 2026

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Centennial Dog Park, Close to Sangamon Valley Trail, sent at 6:22 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Leaving Crowne Plaza Hotel, sent at 5:14 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Battling False Claims, sent at 12:34 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: The Right to a Sovereign Future, sent at 12:25 PM Central Daylight Time.