S is for…Sun Kink

SUN KINK: a buckling due to high temperature, causing the track to shift laterally and form a curve in what is otherwise a straight pair of rails. Such conditions can cause a train derailment.

This is a sun kink.

Probably a term you don’t hear every day.

It’s currently the name of my first novel.

This is also a Sun Kink.

I look at those 300 sheets and am amazed – that all fell out of my brain!

Aftermath of one of the first phone calls with my agent, discussing the book chapter by chapter.

Has your life ever been derailed by something, or someone?

Ever been chugging away on a straight and rigid path, only to be thrown right off track…and surprisingly, you find you’re exactly where you want and need to be?

SUN KINK.

12 Comments

Monica on April 22, 2012 at 3:12 pm

Love learning something new…thanks for the info and best wishes on your book.

jesstopper on April 22, 2012 at 7:32 pm

Thanks for stopping by, Monica!

Madeline Mora-Summonte on April 22, 2012 at 11:12 am

I love that word and I think it makes a great title. And all the papers on the floor – looks like my office. 🙂

jesstopper on April 22, 2012 at 1:31 pm

Thanks Madeline! Yeah, it looks like my office too, on a better day! LOL

LWSpotts on April 21, 2012 at 11:36 am

I love the term. Congrats on the book.

jesstopper on April 21, 2012 at 5:35 pm

Thanks!

Dana on April 21, 2012 at 9:26 am

I’ve been thrown off track many times. I hate change, and when other people do things that upset my plans, I get a little frustrated…

Congrats on the book! I think Sun Kink is a great title!

jesstopper on April 21, 2012 at 5:35 pm

Thanks – I like the uniqueness of it. 🙂

stephaniehaefner on April 21, 2012 at 8:54 am

I think everyone is thrown off track at some point. I used to get really irritated when my plan was ruined….but in the last year I’ve adopted an “It is what it is” motto. I can’t stress over things I can’t control!

So excited for Sun Kink! Can’t wait to read it!

jesstopper on April 21, 2012 at 5:36 pm

Thanks, Stephanie. That’s a good motto to have…there are definitely battles to pick and other times, you gotta let it slide. 🙂

Pamela Skjolsvik (@pamelaskjolsvik) on April 21, 2012 at 8:29 am

Congratulations on the book and the agent! My life has been “sun kinked” on several occasions. I fear change so I didn’t particularly enjoy the sudden disruption in the path, but in retrospect I realized that it was a good thing.

jesstopper on April 21, 2012 at 5:40 pm

Thanks, Pamela! It’s good to be able to admit and see the positives on the other side of things…as difficult as it is to go through. I once had a friend tell me to be more afraid of the known than the unknown, and I think I know what he means! Took me a while though.

S is for…Sun Kink

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