Lane von Herzen: Apparent Obstruction of Routine Confirmation

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, February 28, 2026

Apparent Obstruction of Routine Confirmation

OIG Hotline, please see my email communication, below, with my older son this morning.

Please note that he does not normally complain about confirmations of our family's honor and lawfulness, for the simple reason that he knows how important they are in the process of combatting knowingly falsified law enforcement reporting.

Having said that, this morning, his handler appeared to be directing him to delay responding to this communication.

Most sincerely,