Adventures in GALing

[BeingMe]

Great minds, indeed.

I think when you GAL (and by you I mean YOU Beingme or any of us) that you have to look for the ripple effects of your actions.

I absolutely agree. I find that if you use your pain to do something positive, it lessens it. It's changing sorrow into joy; a painful journey, but worth it in the end. You either climb out of the muck of what has happened to you, or you wallow in it. It seems you and I chose to climb out, or ooze out slowly, the muck sometimes sucking us a little back in, but eventually ... freedom (yessssss). I love your tree analogy; it certainly applies. My play is secondarily about a betrayed woman. I am no playwright. I have to take the course for the degree, but I would like to write articles for magazines. My favorite is writing fiction, particularly sci-fi, but I'm not cemented into the genre.

I saw the movie, Golden Compass. I must get one of Pullman's books and read it, after reading your post. Would you say that he falls into the 'steam punk' genre? I find this sub-genre intriguing and am working on a story based in this universe. I have so many stories in my head now, that perhaps I wouldn't have had 7 years ago. My H's betrayal had me trying to take my mind away from thoughts of what he did (still doing), away from the pain, and make it something else, stories with happy endings, after quests of great hardship. The big C thing helped a lot too.

Trauma and betrayal --- such nasty words, that the thought of it makes one wince, if you have ever been the target of these experiences. But, as you say, they can make you grow, if you allow it.

PS I like the idea of your book. This is something I would read because it shows the person behind the story. Good stuff!