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Dear Machiners! 

 I only have time for a very quick update today because the Sword & Laser is in full sprint to the finish mode and I feel like a politician out amongst the people shaking hands on election day. 

This is my only campaign. Almost guaranteed I will not run another crowdfunding campaign, at least one like this, which leverages my extended network to such a great extent. So failure is not an option, especially at this late stage when we have tasted so much success. 

As we know though, nothing is won until the contest is officially over. So I must implore you, if you follow this project and have not yet pre-ordered, please do so. 

At the moment, we may or may not still be in 2nd place. This amazing story has held 2nd place for the last four and a half weeks! To be quite honest, I am a little too competitive to feel very good if we slipped to third at the end. I know getting published is getting published and I will certainly do a dance and feel amazing. But for a moment, I’ll be disappointed about the way the campaign lost steam at the end and was overtaken. 

So let’s not let that happen! 

This is a 2nd place campaign, and it has felt that way for several weeks. The Animal in Man has dominated the competition and my congratulations to the fantastic Joe Asphahani! Craig Munro also has a wonderful project, and I enjoyed learning more about it last night on the Sword & Laser podcast with Tom and Veronica. If you haven't watched the interview yet, you can check it out right here:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BT-qJERU_s 

Oh, and if you are a fellow Inkshares author following along but haven't pre-ordered, I almost invariably order back. Always happy to swap pre-orders to support my fellow authors! 

On to the finish!

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    A Quick mid-week update!

    I just finished a hangout with Sword and Laser’s Veronica and Tom, as well as my fellow Inkshares authors Joseph Asphahani - The Animal in Man, and Matthew Sobin - The Last Machine in the Solar System.

    You can watch the interview in full here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BT-qJERU_s&feature=youtu.be

    The event was a lot of fun and gave all three of us the opportunity to discuss our projects. Joseph even pre-ordered my book just after the event, and I have now reciprocated! (Thanks Joseph!)

    We’re still in 3rd place and that is fantastic! But anything can happen in the time that remains. So for the days, hours, and minutes that remain, we need to keep the momentum going. There are still a lot of people following the project who haven’t clicked that pre-order button – there’s no better time than now to pick up a copy!

    There are now 2 days, 16 hours and 32 minutes left in this contest - yes I have a countdown timer on my desktop :)

    Thank you all again and again for your help and support!!!

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      Holy. Moly. You wonderful, generous readers! Thank you so much for taking the time to read, comment, and purchase How to Get Run Over by a Truck! With your incredible support we have been able to pre-sell 375 copies of this memoir in less than 36 hours! 

      Although I am over the moon about the number of copies that have sold, what I am even more moved by is the number of you who have reached out to share your own "truck" story. Many of you have told me that the first chapter spoke to you, inspired you and even made you feel less alone.  I am so grateful for your generosity of spirit, and for believing in this project, and in me!  With your support, I know that we will achieve the goal of 750 pre-sales! 

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