Lane von Herzen: Reason, Honor, and Integrity Must Now Prevail

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, March 7, 2025

Reason, Honor, and Integrity Must Now Prevail

OIG Hotline, the following email was copied to lead counsel for San Mateo County, Attorney David Silberman.

Attorney Silberman is allegedly out of the office until next Wednesday at FBI directive, given that he has expressed discomfort with the latest plans of harm the FBI has expressed toward my family members and myself. It is, of course, possible that this absence is feigned in order to avoid Attorney Silberman's liability concerns.

OIG Hotline, everyone should be uncomfortable with further FBI plans of harm toward my family and myself, beginning with the FBI's alleged alteration of medication my older son is about to receive from Safeway Pharmacy at 525 in Menlo Park at 3:00 PM this afternoon.

My email below delineates the best course of action at this time, and I simply must observe that this is what leadership looks like.

Those who feel paralyzed by conflicting regulations, rulings, or priorities can simply post this email on their bulletin boards and they will know what to do next.

Let's make some tangible progress now, please, using our substantive talents to do so.

Thank you very much for your support, and the support of all others, in conveying to the FBI, the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office, and all of their affiliates, that harm will no longer be tolerated in this case, and that reason, honor and integrity must now prevail.

Most sincerely,