Good Morning Sweethearts! 

I hope that you all are doing well and that you are having a wonderful summer!  I have a few exciting updates that I wanted to share with you all as the publication date gets closer and closer! 

Over the last few months we have seen independent, as well as corporate bookstores purchasing copies of How to Get Run Over by a Truck. With this push from these bookstores (as of today) we have pre-sold 2,450 books! Which is unbelievable! So unbelievable in fact, that when I got the email saying that over 2,000 books had been sold I threw my phone across the table at my friend Tommy and immediately started to cry (are we sensing a theme with how I handle good news?!)  

We have also seen more reviews of the book start to come in that I would love to share with you: 

"Katie McKenna has written an incredibly moving and insightful journey through her horrific medical trauma and painful rehabilitation. In courageously confronting her brokenness she reminds us of the inestimable value of faith, family, friends and a remarkable sense of humor. Her narrative emerges as a constant reminder that compassionately listening to the patient is the primary instrument of healing. This book should be required reading for all professionals who work in the field of medical trauma and rehabilitation."

Leo J. Shea III, Ph.D. Clinical Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine NYU-Langone Medical Center

"Gripping, honest and full of humor, I couldn’t put Katie McKenna’s How to Get Run Over by a Truck down. At times I felt like I was listening to Katie recount her story as we shared a glass of wine, as it was incredibly personal and very real. Her clever blend of honesty and humor encourage the reader to reflect on their own approach to overcome challenges in their own life. She gives you perspective and strength by sharing her story." 

Sarah Lowell Harmon, LMHC, Wentworth Institute of Technology 

"How to Get Run Over by a Truck is one of the funniest, bravest memoirs I’ve ever read. I think we all wonder what would happen if we had to start over. Here is how one woman did it -- rebuilding her body and life by force of will and personality. It reminded me how humor truly is an act of grace."

  --John Freeman, editor of "Freeman’s" and author of "How to Read a Novelist." 

I cannot tell you how honored I am to have such incredible people take the time to read this book, and to  have such lovely things to say about it! 

The final piece of news that I have is that the book launch party for "How to Get Run Over by a Truck" will be on October 4th from 7:00 - 9:00, and I would be delighted if you could join us! Here are the details: 

KGB Bar 

85 East 4th Street

New York, NY 10003

There will be readings, a brief Q& A with me, and some time to talk afterwards! I hope that you can join us! 

Thank you again for your incredible support! None of this would have been possible without you!

Heart,

Katie 

All, thank you for the support. The artists working with me just completed new pictures from scenes in the novel. This Ana dodging a machete as an immortal slashes through the realms at her head.

. This is her counter attack. She breaks the blade and sever  the hand.

Every week my marketing team do an analyze of how well the book in doing publicly by the number of sites visitations,  likes, dislikes, what geographic areas and what languages it has reached.  We started the marketing in May 2016 and so far it has reached over seventy nine countries and the titles can be found in over fourteen different languages. From their reports it has reach over 3.8 million people and isn’t even in print yet.  "Clash with the Immortals" has made over a  million Twitter impressions in one week.  We went to the public first because that is who will be buying the literary work. We went to John Q Public to see if they liked it. 

Some may say this is all well and good but that doesn’t translate into sales. I will agree, it doesn’t. But it lets me know it will be very well perceived when finally in print. I, now know that many more likes it than I did four months ago. 

Some may say those were only polite "likes". I beg to differ, let’s be frank, the public isn’t often very nice. If they hate something, they’ll not hesitate to tell you.

Yesterday, I was in a local chain supermarket and had been shopping there for five years and no one noticed me and certainly never let me cut in front of them.  I noticed several people seemed to had been watching me. Call me paranoid or whatever but I notice my surrounding. One lady took the incentive to ask me my name. I also asked, "Who wants to know?" But her smile was so friendly I didn’t. I told her and turned to the others and said. "I told you it was her!"

Having never signed anything for anyone other than a bank check, the experience of signing receipts and address books was a little intimidating for me. I did it right in the supermarket aisle among the canned vegetables. So officially I have had my first signing. It was all totally unplanned.

Had I known I would meet fans I would’ve made myself more presentable.

All, thank you for the support. The campaign is alive. I’m sure you all will enjoy this seemingly everyday scenario book while nothing about it is normal nor everyday.

https://www.inkshares.com/books/clash-with-the-immortals

For some reason the original link I sent can not be found so I’m sending this one.

Thanks