Lane von Herzen: Recent Emails to the OIG Hotline -- Post in Progress

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.

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Recent Emails to the OIG Hotline -- Post in Progress

September 30, 2026

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Edison, September 29, 2026, sent at 1:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Parker's Boat Yard..., sent at 1:35 PM Pacific Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Express Permission to the OIG Hotline Regarding Email, sent at 1:16 PM Pacific Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Two Newly Notarized Affidavits for Your Office, sent at 8:54 AM Pacific Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Privacy Request ...., sent at 12:10 PM Pacific Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Poppy and Birdie Update, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 7:25 AM Pacific Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Feedback Regarding Additional Security Measures, sent at 7:03 AM Pacific Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re:Fwd: Confirmation of Your Independent... sent at 5:56 AM Pacific Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Battling False Claims, sent at 5:54 AM Pacific Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Background Information, September 30, 2026, Confidential, sent at 5:52 AM Pacific Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Medical Update, Confidential, sent at 5:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Update Regarding September 29, 2026, sent at 5:14 AM Pacific Daylight Time.