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 Thursday, July 22, 2021, features Jordan Ashford having to face painful facts, Brando Corbin displeasing his mother dearest, and the…
The General Hospital recap for Wednesday, July 21, 2021, features Stella Henry going full throttle on Shawn Butler, Harrison Chase taking his anger and frustration…
The DAYS spoilers for Thursday, July 22, 2021, tease history repeating itself, a brother overstepping, a woman scorned lashing out against her most hated foe,…
The General Hospital recap for Tuesday, July 20, 2021, features Shawn Butler and Alexis Davis learning their fates, Trina Robinson getting her “first” look at…
The General Hospital recap for Monday, July 19, 2021, features Spencer Cassadine making his presence known, Cameron Webber and Josslyn Jacks making their status public,…
The DAYS spoilers for Tuesday, July 20, 2021, tease a deserted woman on the warpath, a most intriguing suggestion, and a perspective bride being forced…
The General Hospital recaps for July 12 – July 16, 2021, feature the Quartermaine family expanding by one, Nikolas Cassadine welcoming his son back into…
The General Hospital recap for Friday, July 16, 2021, features “Mike” putting out a distress call to Nina Reeves, the Quartermaine clan desperately trying to…
The DAYS spoilers for Monday, July 19, 2021, tease a major party foul, a marriage torn asunder, a long-overdue catfight, and more. DAYS Spoilers Highlights…
The Y&R spoilers for July 19 – July 23, 2021, tease Amanda Sinclair joining forces with the all-seeing, all-powerful Victor Newman, Adam Newman laying himself…
The General Hospital recap for Thursday, July 15, 2021, features “Mike” inching ever closer to remembering exactly who he is, and what he’s all about,…
