Lane von Herzen: On Gratitude

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, August 11, 2022

On Gratitude

Today, I need to express my abiding gratitude for President Joseph R. Biden, whose courage, fortitude, constancy and integrity have sustained me in every measure -- a leader whose steadfast insistence on the rule of law has protected my life and the lives of those I hold dear.

I also wish to convey my abundant appreciation for the good men and women of the Office of the Inspector General Hotline of the U.S. Department of Justice, whose insistence on the truth in the course of their labors has defended our democracy with determination, character, bravery and grace.

You are heroes, all.

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Friends, please know that, thanks to you, I am well.

I will gather additional materials for the Office of the Inspector General Hotline this weekend with the plan of forwarding them early next week.

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Please note: The confirmation of my fax to IG Michael E. Horowitz is now posted at the conclusion of my post entitled "Letters to Michael E. Horowitz, Office of the Inspector General, U.S. DOJ," but I include this documentation here as well: