Day 18 - Detour [or] Roadmap for the Journey

Can I just say that you guys are GREAT? I mean, seriously. I've been doing this experiment for what - 2 weeks? And you guys have faithfully clicked on my pages and read my sometimes inspiring sometimes weepably piteous blathering more and more each day. I have had almost 1,000 reads in the past 17 days! I am grateful, so thank you all and I hope you stick with me through the journey in its entirity.

I mentioned in the first days that I planned to cover the top 6 religions in the United States. This is going to be rather a long project (but don't lose hope! I bet I'll keep you interested the ENTIRE TIME!).

Here is my projected timeline...

SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER
Islam (in progress) - September 28 - October 27

NOVEMBER
Wrapping up Islam, highlighting next religion.
Also, writing a novel of 50,000 words or more during the month of November. It is going to incorporate my blog topics in someway, so I won't neglect my blogging! (and yes, I realize the insanity of this plan.)

DECEMBER - JANUARY
Christianity, Catholicism and various Christian subcultures.
Because of the hugely diverse sects within Christianity, I have decided to extend it to two months.

mid-FEBRUARY - mid-MARCH
Hinduim

mid-APRIL - mid-MAY
Judaism

SOMETIME AFTER MAY:
Buddhism & Unitarian

Now, I know what you're thinking. "Hey, October, November, December, January, February, March, April, May... That's 9 months. WELL OVER 180 days." And I totally agree. But REALLY, the hope was 30 days per religion times the top 6 religions, so thats 180 days total. The other days are just cushion, right? That's what I'm telling myself anyway.

So, I don't want to lose you, and I will keep writing what you're reading (since there is a magical button called "stats" on my blog and I can see what pages and topics you like best and refer to your friends!)... I just figured you might like to know where we're going.

I am a writer in my bones, I love to understand other perspectives, and while fantasy writers live in a world they create, I inhabit other people's spaces until I can see through their lenses, then I move to the next. I hope in my journey, you can also see other people's existences.

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