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Dear Sweethearts,

Happy Tuesday! I am writing you from a very comfortable seat on an Amtrak train on my way from New York up to Boston. I was asked to speak at the Wentworth Institute of Technology, to college students about How to Get Run Over by a Truck and the importance of resiliency, and I have been staring out the window during this whole trip trying really hard not to cry.  I am failing miserably. 

I’m crying because I cannot believe that this is my life. Gratitude sometimes spills out of me via tears - which in this particular case makes people very unlikely to take the seat next to me!  

Right now, some of you are already reading the ebook of this memoir, many of you will be receiving the hard copy of the book in a few days, in one week it will be in bookstores and in five days I will go with my family, my boyfriend and few friends to the corner where I was run over by a truck and I will drink champagne, I will cry, I will laugh and I will pour out some champagne for old Katie. Its going to be a full week :) 

Thank you again for being a part of this process, and for joining me on this incredible journey. I cannot believe that just 9 months ago I went from being told that no one would be interested in reading this book, to having over 2,600 copies sold before its release date! You are the people who made this dream a reality.  Without you, it would’ve stayed in the bottom drawer of my desk,collecting dust. You let it  come into the light. 

I hope that I will see many of you who are in the New York City area on October 4th at KGB Bar for the Book Launch party.  I would love to hug you and thank you in person for believing in me and in this project!

I’ll be thinking of you on October 2nd, with gratitude in my heart, and champagne in my hand.  Thank you for making my life a celebration. 

Heart,

Katie 

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    Hello and Happy Friday! 

    I hope that you all are doing well, and that you’ve had a lovely week. The wheels have been set in motion to make "How to Get Run Over by a Truck" a real live book! It is so exciting to see how the whole book making machine works.  

    Everyone at Inkshares has been absolutely phenomenal to work with - it has been SUCH a joy! I have had great conversations about the cover design, the editing process and also how we’ll be marketing the book. It is all really interesting, and has been a great process to watch and be a part of! I will keep you all in the loop as I get more and more information. 

    I also had the honor of being interviewed by the Inkshares blog this past week. In the interview we talk about what inspired me to write the memoir, what was the most difficult chapter to write and most importantly - what I wanted to say to my funders (that’s you!). If you have a moment, I would love it if you gave it a read.  

    http://blog.inkshares.com

    Thanks so much for your support, and for taking the time to read this update. I hope that you all have beautiful weekends!

    Heart,

    Katie 

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      From a title that immediately grabs the reader to writing that continues to do so, Katie C. McKenna converses with the reader across a cup of coffee, over drinks at your favorite local bar, or after a homemade meal with the how-to manual of getting struck by a truck. Engaging details of non-premonition premonitions colored with humorous side notes do little to diminish the deeper meaning which runs throughout the work.
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        From a title that immediately grabs the reader to writing that continues to do so, Katie C. McKenna converses with the reader across a cup of coffee, over drinks at your favorite local bar, or after a homemade meal with the how-to manual of getting struck by a truck. Engaging details of non-premonition premonitions colored with humorous side notes do little to diminish the deeper meaning which runs throughout the work.
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          For Katie :My name is Melinda and, I too, am the champion of being hit by a truck!  My story began like yours, but without the bike.  I too had was ignoring all signs that were in BOLD ITALIC AND UNDERLINED to "Stay home dumbass!"   I too fought with my husband the night before.  He still tells me how much he regretted that.  Then, walking in the crosswalk under the impression the large garage truck on my left was going straight...BAM! I was hit from from behind, spun around, thrown down, hit by the front wheels, then wedged under the back while being dragged for twenty feet only to then have the wheels stop on top of me, go forward and then back over me.  I thought I was going to be able to just stand up and walk to my moms house (who was the next block over) and take a nap on her couch.  Then, once that pain hit, my lungs filled with blood, both punctured by my rib cage which had shattered into over forty peices,  I couldn't breath.  I was all..."WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?!? I can't breath??? I have to buy milk! I don't have time for this crap."Anyway, I could go on...but I don't want to steal your thunder.  I want to read your book,  I want you to read mine!Katie, you and me, we can kick ass!  Then scream at the top of our lungs,"FUCK THOSE TRUCKS!" Seriously, it feels so good to yell at random trucks.  You and I both know we can smile, make light of our shitty situations, but sometimes we need to close the door and fall into the darkness.  We need to sob.  Then, get up, wipe the snot from our nose and the drool from our chins, and get back to being the rays of sunshine a we are.Shine on my crushed sister.  Shine on.
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            For Katie :My name is Melinda and, I too, am the champion of being hit by a truck!  My story began like yours, but without the bike.  I too had was ignoring all signs that were in BOLD ITALIC AND UNDERLINED to "Stay home dumbass!"   I too fought with my husband the night before.  He still tells me how much he regretted that.  Then, walking in the crosswalk under the impression the large garage truck on my left was going straight...BAM! I was hit from from behind, spun around, thrown down, hit by the front wheels, then wedged under the back while being dragged for twenty feet only to then have the wheels stop on top of me, go forward and then back over me.  I thought I was going to be able to just stand up and walk to my moms house (who was the next block over) and take a nap on her couch.  Then, once that pain hit, my lungs filled with blood, both punctured by my rib cage which had shattered into over forty peices,  I couldn't breath.  I was all..."WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?!? I can't breath??? I have to buy milk! I don't have time for this crap."Anyway, I could go on...but I don't want to steal your thunder.  I want to read your book,  I want you to read mine!Katie, you and me, we can kick ass!  Then scream at the top of our lungs,"FUCK THOSE TRUCKS!" Seriously, it feels so good to yell at random trucks.  You and I both know we can smile, make light of our shitty situations, but sometimes we need to close the door and fall into the darkness.  We need to sob.  Then, get up, wipe the snot from our nose and the drool from our chins, and get back to being the rays of sunshine a we are.Shine on my crushed sister.  Shine on.
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              A memoir about a body that was crushed by a truck, and a spirit that refused to be.