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.
Life is never simple for a soap opera heroine — especially on Days of our Lives. They frequently contend with unfaithful (and sometimes, downright unhinged)…
The Young and the Restless recaps for August 2 – August 6, 2021, feature Phyllis Summers getting the goods on her daughter’s tormentors, hardly anyone…
The General Hospital recaps for August 2 – August 6, 2021, feature Harrison Chase rumbling Willow Tait Chase and Michael Corinthos’s relationship, and karma catching…
As a prelude to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Days of our Lives produced several storylines intended to keep their fans waiting on tenterhooks…but what…
The General Hospital recap for Friday, August 6, 2021, features the world continuing to conspire against Carly Corinthos and Jason Morgan, a surprise reunion between…
The DAYS spoilers for August 9, 2021, tease EJ DiMera confronting his unfaithful wife with the truth, the fallout from the Carver/Brady wedding that wasn’t,…
The General Hospital recap for Thursday, August 5, 2021, features a dimwitted Joey Novak furiously digging his own grave, Brook Lynn Quartermaine doing Sasha Gilmore…
The General Hospital recap for Wednesday, August 4, 2021, features Stella Henry’s emotions getting the better of her, Harrison Chase attempting to decide what he…
The General Hospital recap for Tuesday, August 3, 2021, features Curtis Ashford calling his marriage quits, Stella Henry taking meddling to a whole new level,…
The General Hospital recap for Monday, August 2, 2021, features Jason Morgan and Stella Henry running at the mouth about matters that shouldn’t concern them,…
