Hey everyone, it’s the first Monday of December, and it’s also… Marland Monday! Before we start today… Next month I am moving the Marland Mondays from Medium to my very own website. Link will be coming soon. My readers have been telling me they have a hard time with this…

Hi everyone, Hope you had a good (and not stressful!) Thanksgiving. It’s CyberMonday and that means we have… Marland Monday! Every Monday I look back on the career of Douglas Marland. Two weeks ago, I promised that we would dive into James Stenbeck’s death in 1987. Hi everyone, Hope you…

Hi everyone, Happy Thanksgiving week! It’s also… Marland Monday! Mondays are when I salute Douglas Marland, a GOAT of daytime television. Since it’s a holiday week, we are saluting a Thanksgiving staple for a family created by Marland at ATWT, the Snyders. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Hubbard…

Hi everyone. First, I want to thank everyone for your kind words about my dad and his passing. As I wrote before, he made fun of my soap obsession. I would then say, “Well, Dad, how are the 49ers doing these days? …

Hi everyone. It’s Monday, so that means it’s… Marland Monday! I usually try to be lighthearted in these essays. Celebrating a GOAT of daytime television isn’t the place for personal navel-gazing. Honestly, this has been one of the worst times of my life. …

Happy fall! It’s the last Monday of the month, so it is… Marland Monday! Every Monday, (well, except last week, sorry about that!) I look back on the career of Douglas Marland, one of the GOATS of daytime television. Ready, steady, go! “What’s in a name? That which we call…

My news feed keeps suggesting stories to me about banned books. This makes sense: I’m a writer. It worries me when books are removed from libraries and librarians are labeled “groomers” by “concerned” parents. I worked for a library system for ten years, and librarians are overworked, underpaid, tired, helpful…

It’s Monday and that means it’s… Marland Monday (sort of)! Every Monday, I usually remember Douglas Marland, one of the GOATS of writing daytime drama. Today is a departure from what I regularly write; it will make sense in a second. While I thought I would be running out of…