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, August 15, 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 16, 2026:

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: My Support for You Is Always Present, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 12:07 PM Central Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Battling False Claims, sent at 11:19 AM Central Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Background Information, August 16, 2026, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 11:14 AM Central Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Update, August 16, 2026, sent at 11:06 AM Central Time.

August 15, 2026:

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Formal Claim of All Awards Pertaining to Knowingly Falsified Law Enforcement Reporting, sent at 4:24 PM Central Daylight Time.