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.

Monday, August 24, 2026

Recent Emails to the OIG Hotline

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

Please note that this list is not complete.

August 30, 2026

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Background Information, August 30, 2026, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 11:42 AM Pacific Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Battling False Claims, sent at 11:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Update Regarding August 29, 2026, Confidential, sent at 11:04 AM Pacific Daylight Time.

August 27, 2026

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Courtesy Fee/Retainer Fee, sent at 7:23 AM Mountain Standard Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Texts from Jxxxx Hxxxx Re: Zelle, sent at 7:22 AM Mountain Standard Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Background Information, August 27, 2026, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 2:50 AM Mountain Standard Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Battling False Claims, sent at 2:43 AM Mountain Standard Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Update Regarding August 26, 2026, sent at 2:35 AM Mountain Standard Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: ATTN: Daren Garner... sent at 1:35 AM Mountain Standard Time.

August 25, 2026

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Triddell's Sudden Departure, sent at 6:22 PM Mountain Standard Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Urgent Concern, sent at 6:20 PM Mountain Standard Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Title Clerk Approval, sent at 9:40 AM Mountain Standard Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Second Notarization, August 25, 2026, sent at 9:28 AM Mountain Standard Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: LM Notarized Affidavit, August 25, 2026, sent at 8:37 AM Mountain Standard Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Background Information, August 25, 2026, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 7:58 AM Mountain Standard Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Battling False Claims, sent at 7:55 AM Mountain Standard Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Update Regarding August 24, 2026, sent at 7:16 AM Mountain Standard Time.

August 24, 2026

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Battery Notification, FYI, sent at 11:37 AM Mountain Standard Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Updated Notarized Affidavits, August 24, 2026, Confidential, sent at 9:18 AM Mountain Standard Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Formal Claim of Awards from August 15, 2026 Until the Current Time, sent at 6:43 AM Mountain Standard Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Background Information, August 24, 2026, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 6:33 AM Mountain Standard Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Battling False Claims, sent at 6:30 AM Mountain Standard Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Boys, please respond as soon as possible, sent at 6:27 AM Mountain Standard Time.