Lane von Herzen: Email Signature

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.

Friday, September 25, 2026

Email Signature

OIG Hotline, in order to ensure that there are no questions about my identity on documentation provided to your Office and to others relating to this case, I have created a new gmail signature today that reads Lane MacWilliams, aka Carol Elaine Von Herzen. This signature appears as follows:

Thank you for allowing me to extend this update for your reference.

I have restated my claim of all awards pertaining to knowingly falsified law enforcement reporting through this blog and via separate email to your Office, bearing this signature and dated September 25, 2026.

My prior claims remain valid, but I feel that this adaptation adds further weight to my ongoing communication regarding this important matter.

Most sincerely,

Lane MacWilliams, aka Carol Elaine Von Herzen