Garren Waldo is a Contributing Writer at Soap Hub. Based in Tennessee, this Southern Fried Spitfire, and authority on all things soapy, whiles away his time critiquing, recapping, and spoiling. He’s sure that within him exists the next Great American Novel, a sensational stage play, and a noteworthy serial or two.
Title: Contributing Writer, Daytime TV Columnist Location: Spring City, Tennessee
Expertise
Topics of Expertise: Critical Analysis, Critical Reading, Soap History, Turning A Phrase Years in This Expertise: 25+ Shows You Write About: The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, General Hospital, and The Young and the Restless. Bygone soap operas (Edge of Night, Guiding Light, Ryan’s Hope, et al.), Foreign serials.
Education & Certifications
Education: Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Tennessee Wesleyan College Years of Writing:Professionally: 3+, For Pleasure: 25+
A Word from Garren Waldo
Why Author Chose This Career: I’ve been enamored of the soap opera genre for as long as I can remember, and my most fervent desire is to one day have my name mentioned in the same breath as the likes of Irna Phillips, Henry Slesar, Pat Falken Smith, and Douglas Marland, or, barring what may be the impossible, at the very least alongside soap journalist greats such as John Kelly Genovese, P.K. Waddle, Mimi Torchin, and Marlena De Lacroix. How Author Began Career: An editor with a masochistic streak and the patience of a saint saw fit to take pity on me, an untried but promising scribe with extensive knowledge of soap operas and storylines past and the ability to entertain via the written word. Personal Interests: Dissecting film and television; plugging the myriad of gaps in my knowledge; reading; penning the next Great American Novel, a play that would make Tennessee Williams weep, and an original TV serial worthy of note. Small goals, really.
The General Hospital recap for Tuesday, August 24, 2021, features Peter August making his presence known, Willow Tait Chase coming clean to her hubby, and…
The DAYS spoilers for Wednesday, August 25, 2021, tease a friendship threatening to cause the ruination of a romantic coupling, and a woman scorned out…
The General Hospital recap for Monday, August 23, 2021, features a supposedly dead villain resurfacing, a selfish sister-in-law, and a threat that the Quartermaine family…
The Days of our Lives recap for Monday, August 23, 2021, features Mr. and Mrs. Weston looking towards their future, Paulina Price embarrassing her daughter…
The DAYS spoilers for Tuesday, August 24, 2021, tease trouble in paradise for one budding couple, a surprise burst of intimacy between partners in crime,…
The General Hospital recaps for August 16 – August 20, 2021, feature terror descending on Spoon Island, an ex-husband returning from the metaphorical grave, and…
The General Hospital recap for Friday, August 20, 2021, features Harrison Chase deciding where his loyalty lies, Valentin Cassadine getting all kinds of jealous, and…
The Y&R spoilers for August 23 – August 27, 2021, tease Mariah Copeland in quite the pickle, former-in-laws agreeing to pool their resources and investigate…
The Days of our Lives spoilers for August 23 – August 27, 2021, tease three little words making complicated an already complicated situation, a friendship…
The GH spoilers for August 23 – August 27, 2021, tease Austin Gatlin-Holt’s plan to see justice done coming to fruition, pressure mounting for members…
The General Hospital recap for Thursday, August 19, 2021, features Britt Westbourne extending an olive branch to her foes, Trina Robinson meeting Spencer Cassadine’s supposed…
The Days of our Lives recap for Thursday, August 19, 2021, features Allie Horton dreaming an unsettling little dream, DiMera brothers EJ and Chad disagreeing…
The DAYS spoilers for Friday, August 20, 2021, tease misty watercolor memories for a soon-to-be ex-Mrs., siblings reunited, an impromptu wedding, and a farewell. DAYS…
The General Hospital recap for Wednesday, August 18, 2021, features Drew Cain making yet another attempt to escape his captors, Laura Collins giving her son…
The Days of our Lives recap for Wednesday, August 18, 2021, features another DiMera offspring entering the fray, Sami Brady DiMera’s loved ones wondering why…
The General Hospital recap for Tuesday, August 17, 2021, features Nikolas Cassadine emulating the slasher villains of old, Sam McCall receiving a phone call from…
The Days of our Lives recap for Tuesday, August 17, 2021, features Nicole Walker Brady, Ava Vitali, and EJ DiMera throwing themselves pitiful pity parties,…
The General Hospital recap for Monday, August 16, 2021, features Spoon Island bearing witness to yet another horror show, and a nosy nursey nurse making…
The Days of our Lives recap for Monday, August 16, 2021, features the Carver/Price family mourning Ciara Brady regaining her memory, and Paulina Price refusing…
