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I am happy to announce that As Days Go By will return to Soap Opera Source!

DAYS originally debuted on October 20, 2006. It lasted a little over two years, until I decided to start from scratch again. Why? In December, I was enjoying the stories on the real Days of our Lives, but the stories were kind of stale, but had potential to be great. So I decided to take the stories into my own direction and I'm two months into writing already! The start date was December 1, 2008.

I know a lot of people are not happy with the current state of DAYS. With the recent firings of Deidre Hall (Marlena) and Drake Hogestyn (John), many longtime fans have given up. I will let you know that I am going to keep the casting changes the way they are. That means Hall and Hogestyn are going to be exiting the show. While I respect both actors and the time they have given to my favorite soap opera, I can understand why they were chosen and I believe that DAYS can survive without them. However, that does not mean that I will never bring back John and Marlena. They are being written out in a way that they can be come back at any time.

There have been some other casting changes since I took over. Galen Gering (ex-Rafe), Josh Taylor (ex-Roman), Thaao Penghlis (ex-Tony) and Leann Hunley (ex-Anna) have all be let go. Alison Sweeney (Sami) is now on her maternity leave, but will return in the spring. Ashley Benson (Abby) returned, followed by former AMC actor Brett Weber (Ross). Kim Zimmer's son, Jake Weary has taken over the role of Will Roberts as well.

To help people quickly catch up on everything that's happend in the last two months, I'm going to post monthly reviews for December and January. It's only been two months. A lot has happened that is different from the real show, like Chloe and Daniel never starting an affair, but for the most part, all of the stories are still roughly the same.